Here is a grave stone from Buda with a date that corresponds to 1278 (שנת לח לאלף שישי). The deceased is called ר' פסח בר' פטר, Rabbi Pesach ben Rabbi Peter:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Another medieval Jew named "Peter"; Rabbenu Peter revisited.
Here's a follow-up to my post about a Tosafist who may or may not have been named Peter (link).
Here is a grave stone from Buda with a date that corresponds to 1278 (שנת לח לאלף שישי). The deceased is called ר' פסח בר' פטר, Rabbi Pesach ben Rabbi Peter:
Here is a grave stone from Buda with a date that corresponds to 1278 (שנת לח לאלף שישי). The deceased is called ר' פסח בר' פטר, Rabbi Pesach ben Rabbi Peter:
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On this rock is your post founded?
ReplyDeleteNice! LOL
ReplyDelete...or Pater. Notice the lack of a yud.
ReplyDeleteI know. It's (apparently) the same name. See my earlier posts. Lack of yud isn't important, since we're not talking about "Peeter" as per it's English pronunciation anyway, but a short vowel.
ReplyDeleteThe Hungarian pronunciation of Peter is Pay-ter, and I would guess that was the pronunciation in Buda during the 13th century. Pay-ter may or may not have been spelled with a yud, but my point was that a yud would have confirmed that his name was Peter or some variant thereof.
ReplyDeleteI would not be surprised if the name was Peter, but it is just as likely that the name was Pater (which, as you mentioned in earlier posts, is a name that is not necessarily derived from Peter).