Loanz, Elias Ben-moses (Surnamed Baal Shem)

Loanz, Elias Ben-Moses (surnamed Baal Shem)

who died at Worms in 1636, rabbi, is the author of a cabalistic commentary on the Song of Solomon, entitled רנת דודי (Basle, 1599), and on Koheleth or Ecclesiastes, entitled מכלול יפי. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:253; Etheridge, Introduction to Hebrew Literature, page 360; Ginsburg, Commentary on Koheleth, page 74. (B.P.)