Journal of Literary Onomastics Volume 5 | Issue 1 Article 3 7-18-2016 “he city was named ater an Herb called Mesas in Ancient Spanish”: Rabbi Yosef Mesas’ Testimony concerning his Surname Abraham Oir Shemesh Ariel University, Israel Heritage Department, ISAEL, avi0603@013.net Follow this and additional works at: htp://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo Part of the Applied Linguistics Commons , Biblical Studies Commons , Classical Literature and Philology Commons , Comparative Literature Commons , Indo-European Linguistics and Philology Commons , Jewish Studies Commons , and the Literature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America Commons his Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @Brockport. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Literary Onomastics by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @Brockport. For more information, please contact kmyers@brockport.edu. Repository Citation Shemesh, Abraham Oir (2016) "“he city was named ater an Herb called Mesas in Ancient Spanish”: Rabbi Yosef Mesas’ Testimony concerning his Surname," Journal of Literary Onomastics: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1 , Article 3. Available at: htp://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/jlo/vol5/iss1/3