Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn, 1132-

LC control no.	n 93062627
Personal name heading	Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn, 1132- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Efrayim ben Yaʻaḳov, mi-Bona, 1132- Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn, 1132-ca. 1200 Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn, b. 1132 Ephraim, von Bonn, 1132- אפרים בן יעקב, מבונא, נ׳ 2311 אפריים בן יעקב, מבונא, נו׳ 1132
Associated place	Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) Neuss (Germany)
Located	Bonn (Germany)
Birth date	1132
Death date	[1196,1197,1200~,1221]
Field of activity	Religious poetry Judaism Teaching Learning and scholarship History Jewish way of life Liturgics
Profession or occupation	Rabbis Scholars Teachers Poets Historians
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found in	Hymnen und Gebete, 1989: t.p. (Ephraim von Bonn) p. xi (Ephraim Ben Jakob aus Bonn; b. 1133, d. 1221) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn, 1132-ca. 1200) Encyc. Judaica, c1971 (Ephraim ben Jacob, of Bonn; b. 1132; liturgical poet and commentator) Shene sefarim niftaḥim, 1993: t.p. (Rabi Efrayim ben Yaʻaḳov mi-Bona) Last trial, 1967: page 139 (The Akedah by Rabbi Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn) Oxford Reference, via WWW, 13 July 2021 (Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn (1132-1197), Jewish scholar, commentator, poet, and historian who lived in the Rhineland; active in communal affairs and in Jewish law.) Encyclopedia-com, via WWW, 13 July 2021 (Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn (born 1132), liturgical poet and commentator. When his teacher Joel b. Isaac ha-Levi left Bonn, Ephraim succeeded him as av bet din. He also taught for some time in Mainz and Speyer. In 1197, he resided in Bonn and Neuss, leaving the latter town only three days before its Jews were massacred. He appears to have died shortly thereafter. Ephraim wrote the Sefer Zekhirah ("Book of Remembrance") and dirges on the sufferings of the Jews during the Second Crusade. He also composed piyyutim for the festivals, 27 of which (two in Aramaic) have been published. His commentary on piyyutim still exists in manuscript; it contains many traditional details concerning the early liturgical poets, poems, and liturgical customs (Hamburg, Ms. no. 152). The well-known legend describing the martyrdom of Amnon of Mainz, as well as the legend concerning the early paytanR. Yannai, who out of jealousy of his pupil R. Eleazar *Kallir put a scorpion in his shoe, are attributed to him. He also wrote tosafot and commentaries to the treatises of Eruvin, Ketubbot, and Avot, besides halakhic responsa and commentaries to benedictions and various customs. R. Ephraim is also referred to in his hymns as "Shalom"; it was possibly an additional name. The meaning of the word ילִיבייה added to his name has not yet been clarified. It has been suggested that he had a German name such as Geliebter ("beloved") which was commonly pronounced "yelība.") Wikipedia, via WWW, 13 July 2021 (Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn was, perhaps, the last German rabbi to compose poems in Aramaic for the synagogue, his selihah "Ta Shema" being especially well known. This piyyut is a mosaic containing forty-five lines, a combination of Aramaic expressions and phrases used in the Talmud.) Deutsche-biographie, via WWW, 11 August 2021 (Ephraim ben Jacob, 1132-1221; writer and rabbi)
Not found in	Encyc. brit.; Lex. f. Theol. u. Kirche.
Associated language	arc heb