Creator Bio
Joshua Benveniste
1590–1668
Joshua Benveniste was a physician and poet from Istanbul, where he studied at the yeshiva headed by Joseph ben Moses mi-Trani (Maharit, 1569–1639). Benveniste served as rabbi for one of Istanbul’s Jewish congregations before moving to Bursa, where he spent the rest of his life. Benveniste’s works include Perek be-shir (Treatise on Poetry) on prosody and meter; She‘ar Yehoshu‘a (The Gate of Joshua), a responsa collection; and Sadeh Yehoshu‘a (The Field of Joshua), a commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud.
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Perek be-shir (A Treatise on Poetry)
A compilation containing all the techniques of poetry simply put; covering all the principles, meters, rhymes, correct methods, and true rules; sifted and clarified; solid as a bronze mirror, such…