Philosophical writer. According to Steinschneider, he lived at Rome about 1300, and his name should be read "Na'ar" (
Steinschneider has pointed out the mistakes made concerning this author. Dukes in "Allg. Zeit. des Jud." 1840, p. 156, corrupts his name into "Nagara," and in "Orient, Lit." 1845, p. 617, into "Najara." Wolf in "Bibl. Hebr." 1:852, No. 1562, calls him "Moses ben Judah Nigdi," but ib. 3:758, No. 1562, "Nagara" and "Nagari." 1b. 3:795, No. 1610, he confounds him with Moses ben Levi Najara, as does Fürst in "Bibl. Jud." 3:13; and both erroneously ascribe to him Moses ben Levi's work "Leḳaḥ Ṭob."
Bibliography:
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 282, No. 204; p. 554, No. 33;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1834.
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