Tam ben Jahja
Jacob ben David Tam ibn Jahja (* approx. 1475; † approx. 1542) was a Jewish scholar.
Tam succeeded Elijah Mizrahi (d. 1526) as a halachic authority responsible for the entire Ottoman Empire . In 1510 he published an edition of Josippon in Constantinople ; the foreword was attributed to him, but it comes from Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi .
Works
- Oholei Tam (answer letters to halachic questions). In: Tummat Yesharim , Venice 1642.
literature
- Ephraim Kupfer: TAM IBN YAḤYA, JACOB BEN DAVID. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 19, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865947-3 , p. 495 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shulamit Sela: Art. Josephus (Medieval version) , in: Norman Roth (ed.): Medieval Jewish civilization . An encyclopedia, Routledge encyclopedias of the Middle Ages 7, Routledge, New York 2002, pp. 377-380, here 380.
- ↑ Isidore Singer, Peter Wiernik: TAM, JACOB B. DAVID IBN YAḤYA. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
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SURNAME | Tam ben Jahja |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tam ben Yahya |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1475 |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1542 |