Nissim ben Jacob

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Nissim ben Jacob (* 990 , † ca. 1060 ) was a particularly in Kairouan acting Talmudist and folk storyteller. He wrote in Arabic and Hebrew. The name Nissim means "miracle".

Works (selection)

  • sefer ha maassijot ("book of stories"): popular legends
  • also commentaries on treatises of the Babylonian Talmud (under the title sefer mafteach )

Literature (selection)

  • Louis Lewin, article NISSIM ben JAKOB ibn SCHAHIN , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Vol. IV / 1
personal data
SURNAME Nissim ben Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Talmudist and folk teller
DATE OF BIRTH 990
DATE OF DEATH around 1060