Frat Maimon (also known as ''Prat Maimon'' or ''Solomon ben Menaham''; ) was a French Jewish

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scholar. A liturgical poet, he flourished in the second half of the 14th century. The name "Frat" is, according to Neubauer,

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and

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, ''Les Ecrivains Juifs Français'' (1893), p. 753. abbreviated from "Frater." Frat Maimon was the author of four works, which are known only by quotations made from them by three of his disciples: (1) ''Edut le-Yisrael'' (''A Testimony to Israel''), probably a controversial treatise on religion; (2) ''Netzer Mattai'', on the philosophical explanations of the

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found in the

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; (3) a commentary on the poem "Batte ha-Nefesh" of Levi ben Abraham; (4) comments on

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. His students included Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi,

Jacob ben Chayyim Comprat Vidal Farissol Jacob ben Chayyim Comprat Vidal Farissol (born 1405 - ) was a French Jewish scholar of the early 15th century. Born in Avignon, he was a liturgical poet and the grandson of Vitalis Farissol, who had been a chief bailiff of Avignon in 1400. Faris ...

, and

Solomon ben Judah of Lunel Solomon ben Judah of Lunel (born 1411) (Hebrew: שלמה בן יהודה) was a Jews of France, Provençal philosopher. His Provençal name was Solomon Vives. When he was only 13 years of age he composed, under the direction of his master, Frat Mai ...

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