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Isaac ben Ḥayyim ben Abraham ha-Kohen

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Italian exegete; lived successively at Bologna, Jesi, Recanati, and Rome, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was the author of the following works: (1) a commentary on the Song of Songs, on Lamentations, and on the Sayings of the Fathers, extant in manuscript ("Al- manzi," p. 71); (2) a commentary on Esther, mentioned by Alḳabiẓ in "Monot ha-Levi"; (3) sermons and a series of didactic verses, fragments of which have been preserved ("Almanzi," p. 71).

Bibliography:
  • Mortara, Indice, p. 15;
  • Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. 4:122;
  • Vogelstein and Rieger, Gesch. der Juden in 2:92.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Isaac ben Ḥayyim ben Abraham ha-Kohen'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​i/isaac-ben-aayyim-ben-abraham-ha-kohen.html. 1901.
 
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