Benjamin ben Isaac of Carcassonne

Benjamin ben Isaac of Carcassonne (Hebrew: בנימין בן יצחק קרקשוני, romanized: Binyamin ben Yitsḥak Karkashoni) was a 14th-century Jewish scholar. He is known for his translation from Latin into Hebrew of Jean de Bourgogne of Liége's work on the corruption of the air by the plague,^[1] under the title of 'Ezer elohi, ma'amar be 'ipush ha-avir ve-ha-dever ('Divine Help: A Treatise on the Corruption of the Air and the Plague', c. 1370 or 1399).^[2]^[3]

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Schwab, Moïse (1902). "Benjamin b. Isaac of Carcassonne". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 28.

^ Koren, Nathan (1973). Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index. Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780706512694.
^ Barkai, Ron (1998). "Jewish Treatises on the Black Death (1350–1500): A Preliminary Study". Medicine from the Black Death to the French Disease. Routledge. pp. 6–25. doi:10.4324/9780429202995-2. ISBN 978-0-429-20299-5. S2CID 211670433.
^ Renan, Ernest (1893). Les écrivains juifs français du XIVe siècle. Histoire littéraire de la France (in French). Vol. 31. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. pp. 723–725.

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[koren-1] Koren, Nathan (1973). Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index. Jerusalem: Israel Universities Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780706512694.

[barkai-2] Barkai, Ron (1998). "Jewish Treatises on the Black Death (1350–1500): A Preliminary Study". Medicine from the Black Death to the French Disease. Routledge. pp. 6–25. doi:10.4324/9780429202995-2. ISBN 978-0-429-20299-5. S2CID 211670433.

[renan-3] Renan, Ernest (1893). Les écrivains juifs français du XIVe siècle. Histoire littéraire de la France (in French). Vol. 31. Paris: Imprimerie nationale. pp. 723–725.

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