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Berechiah ha-Nakdan

Who

Berechiah ha-Nakdan · Arts & Literature

What

Fabulist and translator, author of the 'Mishle Shu'alim' (Fox Fables).

When

c. 1170

Where

England · Normandy

Biography

Berechiah ha-Nakdan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Fabulist and translator, author of the 'Mishle Shu'alim' (Fox Fables).

How & why

Berechiah ha-Nakdan was a Jewish fabulist, grammarian and translator active in England and Normandy in the late twelfth or thirteenth century, best known for the Mishle Shu'alim ('Fox Fables'), a celebrated Hebrew collection of animal fables drawing on Aesopic and medieval sources (including Marie de France). He also translated scientific and philosophical works into Hebrew. He was a rabbi and Hebrew scholar.

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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia

Contributions & Sources

Fabulist and translator, author of the 'Mishle Shu'alim' (Fox Fables).

c. 1170

Source: Jewish Encyclopedia