BONGODAS, MEÏR BEN SOLOMON:

Provençal poet; lived at the end of the thirteenth century. He is quoted in the diwan of Abraham Bedersi, who was chosen arbitrator between Bongodas and Don Solomon in a controversy on the value of their Aramaic poems. According to Neubauer (in "Zunz Jubelschrift," p. 139), Meïr Bongodas is identical with Meïr ben Solomon Dels-Enfantz, to whom Jedaiah Bedersi dedicated his work, "Oheb Nashim."

Bibliography:
  • Renan-Neubauer, Les Rabbins Français, p. 713;
  • Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 159;
  • Zunz, Z. G. p. 519.
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