Jakob ben Josef Tawus
Jakob ben Josef Tawus was a rabbi and respected Jewish scholar of the 16th century.
He came from Tūs in Khorasan , was appointed to a yeshiva in Constantinople by Suleyman I’s personal physician , Moses Hamon , and stood out primarily as a translator of the Pentateuch into Persian .
The very literal translation, which was published in 1546 and closely based on the Masoretic text , is the oldest known today and the first ever work of Jewish literature in the Persian language.
Literature (selection)
- Alexander Kohut : Critical illumination of the Persian Pentateuch translation by Jacob ben Joseph Tavus. Leipzig and Heidelberg 1871.
- Article Tawus, Jakob b. Joseph. In: Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. 1925 ff. Volume VI
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- Tawus, Jacob. b. Joseph. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marianna D. Birnbaum: The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes . Central European University Press, 2003, ISBN 963-9241-67-9 , pp. 109 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 27, 2010]).
- ↑ Alexander Kohut: The Ethics of the Fathers . BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p. 62
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tawus, Jakob ben Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian Bible translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th century or 17th century |