Ergas, Joseph Ben-immanuel

Ergas, Joseph ben-Immanuel a Jewish rabbi, who flourished at Leghorn in the 18th century, is the author of ס8 שומר אמונים, a Philosophy of Religion and Cabala, written in the form of a dialogue (Amsterdam, 1736): — ס8 מבוא פתחים, Introduction to the Science of the True Cabala (ibid.): — a collection of decisions, שו8 8ת דברי יוסŠ (Leghorn, 1742). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:247; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)