From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vidal Benveniste
Vidal Benveniste
Vidal Benveniste was a Spanish Jew who lived in
Zaragoza, in what is now Spain, during the 15th century.
References
He was elected, by the notables of the Jewish communi- • Ibn Verga, Shebeṭ Yehudah, ed. Wiener, pp. 68 et seq.
ties of Aragon, as the chief speaker at the disputation of • Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, 3d ed., viii. 414 et seq.
Tortosa (1414), because of his knowledge of Latin and his • Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, No. 804.
reputed wisdom.
Benveniste wrote a refutation of the seeming evi-
dences of Jesus as the Messiah, called "Ḳodesh ha-Ḳo-
External links
dashim," which is still extant in manuscript. He is not • Source
identical with Don Ferrer of Gerona or with Vidal ben This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Ency-
Labi de la Caballeria, as claimed by some. clopedia, a publication now in the public domain.
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• Medieval Aragonese Jews
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