Solomon bar Samson

12th Century

Little is known about the German Jewish chronicler Solomon bar Samson (also rendered Simson) beyond his authorship of a Hebrew account of the attacks on Jewish communities during the First Crusade of 1096.

Content by Solomon bar Samson

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Crusade Chronicle

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It came to pass on the third day of Sivan, which had been a day of sanctity and setting apart for Israel at the time of the giving of the Torah—on that day when Moses our teacher, may his memory be…