Abraham ben Raphael de Lonzano ( Hebrew: אברהם בן רפאל די לונזאנו; fl. early 18th century) was an Austrian kabbalist, grammarian, and poet. He was apparently originally from the Greek island of Zakynthos, and a descendent of Rabbi Menahem de Lonzano. He later studied at the beth midrash Etz Ḥayyim in Amsterdam. [1] De Lonzano's Hebrew grammar, Kinyan Avraham, was published in Zolkiev in 1723. [2]
He afterwards converted to Christianity at Idstein and took the baptismal name Wilhelm Heinrich Neumann. [3]
References
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public domain: Toy, Crawford Howell; Schloessinger, Max (1904).
"Lonzano, Abraham ben Raphael de". In
Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.).
The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 179.
- ^ David, Abraham (2007). "Lonzano, Abraham ben Raphael de". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Abraham di Lonsano, seu Lonzano, b. Rafael". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. p. 699.
- ^ Roi, J. F. A. de le (1884). Die evangelische Christenheit und die Juden in der Zeit der Herrschaft christlicher Lebensanschauungen unter den Völkern. Karlsruhe and Leipzig: Verlag von H. Reuther. p. 393.
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