Benveniste 2340475 212174019 2008-05-13T19:06:38Z 217.232.85.231 http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=455&letter=M '''Benveniste''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''bien venida'' = welcome) is the [[surname]] of an old, rich, and scholarly family of [[Narbonne]], France, several branches of which were found all over [[Spain]] and the [[Provence]], France, as well as at various places in the Orient. It is also borne by families in [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. It was also used as a [[Roman naming conventions |prænomen]].<ref>[[Moritz Steinschneider]], "Cat. Bodl." No. 7348; [[Loeb]], in "Rev. des Etudes Juives", xxi. 153</ref> ==People== * [[Gracia Mendes Nasi]] (1510-1569) a highly courageous and an excellent businesswoman, with her family's contacts and resources she helped Jews escape the Inquisition * [[Asa Benveniste]] (1925-1990), American poet * [[Benveniste de Porta]], Jewish Bailie ("bayle") of Barcelona, Spain * [[Émile Benveniste]] (1902-1976), French structural linguist * [[Jacques Benveniste]] (1935-2004), French immunologist * [[Joshua ben Israel Benveniste]] (c. 1590 - c. 1668), physician and rabbi in Constantinople * [[Richard Ben-Veniste]] (born 1943), American lawyer == References == <references/> ==Sources== * {{JewishEncyclopedia}} {{surname|nocat}} [[Category:Jewish families]] [[Category:Spanish surnames]] [[Category:French surnames]] [[fr:Benveniste (homonymie)]] [[ru:Бенвенист]]