Scholar of the sixteenth century; born at Biel (
Uri ben Simeon was likewise the author of a calendar ("luaḥ") covering a period of forty years. This work, which first appeared in Venice (1575), was translated into Latin by Jacob Christmann of Heidelberg, in which city it was published in 1594.
Bibliography:
- Zunz, in The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, pp. 275-276, notes à and b;
- E. Carmoly, Itinéraires de la Terre Sainte, pp. 419-496, Brussels, 1847;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. cols. 558, 815, 2693-2695;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 221.
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