Shemariah ben Elijah Ikriti of Negropont (born c. 1275, died c. 1355)[1] (Hebrew: שמריה בן אליהו האיקריטי) was a Greek-Jewish[2] philosopher and Biblical exegete, contemporary of Dante and Immanuel the Roman.
The earliest Tractatus version in Hebrew was translated by Shemariah and presented as his own work, titled Sefer ha-Hihhayon.
[3] His reputation was such that he was called to the court of King Robert of Naples (who acted as his patron), where he devoted himself chiefly to Biblical studies and wrote commentaries on Scripture.
Believing that he had placed Rabbinism on a sure foundation, Shemariah undertook, in 1352, a journey to Castile and Andalusia, in order to convert the Karaites.
He also wrote Elef ha-Magen (a commentary on the aggadah in the treatise Megillah), some piyyuṭim, and poems.