Abraham Joseph ben Simon Wolf Menz (Yiddish: אברהם יוסף בן שמעון וואָלף מענץ) was an eighteenth century rabbi and mathematician at Frankfurt.[1]
He wrote an elementary textbook on mathematics entitled Reshit Limmudim,[2] in three parts: Kelale handasah, the general rules of algebra; Yesodot ha-gematriot, the elements of geometry; and Yesod ha-tekunah, on astronomy.[3][4] Only the first part was published (Berlin, 1775).[5]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Deutsch, Gotthard; Levinson, S. J. (1901–1906). "Menz, Abraham Joseph ben Simon Wolf". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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Deutsch, Gotthard; Levinson, S. J. (1901–1906). "Menz, Abraham Joseph ben Simon Wolf". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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