Shemaiah of Soissons

Shemaiah of Soissons was a Jewish scholar of the 12th century, a pupil of Rashi. He was the author of the following works:
*"Sodot" or "Midrash," notes on the construction of the Tabernacle as described in Ex. xxv.-xxvi. It was edited on the basis of the Munich manuscript by Berliner in "Monatsschrift," 1864, pp. 224 et seq.
*An exegesis of Deut. xiii., in manuscript.
*Commentary on the Maḥzor, also in manuscript.
*Glosses on the Pentateuch.
*Commentary on the Song of Solomon. He is often erroneously identified with Shemaiah of Troyes.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

*Gedaliah ibn Yaḥya, Shalshelet ha-Ḳabbalah, ed. Amsterdam, p. 38b;
*David Conforte, Ḳore ha-Dorot, p. 18a;
*Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, p. 83a;
*Zunz, Z. G. p. 76;
*idem, Ritus, p. 201;
*Dukes, in Literaturblatt, v. 232;
*A. Geiger, Parschandatha, p. 20, note;
*Henri Gross, "Gallia Judaica", p. 648.

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