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DURAN , a Jewish Provencal See also:

family of rabbis and scholars, of whom the following are the most important. I. PROFIAT DURAN, called also EPH0DI. He was in 1391 compelled to profess See also:Christianity, but remained devoted to Judaism. His See also:chief See also:works were grammatical and philosophical. In the former See also:realm his most important contribution was the Ma'aseh `See also:Ephod (completed in 1403); in the latter, his commentary to the See also:Guide of the Perplexed by See also:Maimonides (q.v.). 2. See also:SIMON See also:BEN ZEMAII DURAN (1361-1441), See also:rabbi of See also:Algiers. He was one of the first of the See also:medieval rabbis to be a salaried See also:official of the See also:synagogue. Before the 14th See also:century the rabbinical See also:post had been almost invariably honorary, and filled by men who derived their income from a profession, epecially See also:medicine. Duran wrote a systematic See also:work on See also:theology, Magen 'Aboth, but is chiefly famous for his numerous Responsa (known as Tashbaz) published in three vols. in 1738-1739. These Responsa," Answers to questions sent from many lands," give valuable See also:information as to social and religious conditions in the, earlier See also:part of the 15th century.

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