Fortius, Johannes

Fortius, Johannes a convert from Judaism, who lived in the 16th century, is the author of a Hebrew grammar, entitled ס8 דקדוק (Prague, 1570): — De Mystica Litterarum Significatione (part of it reprinted in Kircher's OEdipus AEgyptiacus, Rome, 1652-54). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1:287; Steinschneider,

Biblogr. Handbuch, s.v.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B.P.)