Jacob ben Reuben
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Jacob ben Reuben may refer to:
- Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite)Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite)Jacob ben Reuben was a Karaite scholar and Bible exegete of the eleventh century. He wrote a brief Hebrew language commentary on the entire Bible, which he entitled Sefer ha-'Osher, because, as he says in the introduction, the reader will find therein sufficient information, and will not need to...
; eleventh-century Karaite scholar, probably from Constantinople - Jacob ben Reuben (rabbi)Jacob ben Reuben (rabbi)----You may be looking for Jacob ben Reuben, the Karaite scholar, or Jacob ben Reuben ibn Zur of Morocco.Jacob ben Reuben was a Spanish rabbi and polemicist of the twelfth century. In response to attacks by the convert Petrus Alphonsi, he wrote the Sefer Milhamot Adonai...
; author of a polemical work against Christianity - Jacob ben Reuben ibn ZurJacob ben Reuben ibn ZurJacob ben Reuben ibn Zur was a Talmudist and rabbi of Fez. He was born in the latter part of the seventeenth century and died after 1750. That his reputation as a Talmudist stood high is apparent in the responsa of Abraham Ankava, where he is quoted as an authority recognized by all Moroccan...
; Moroccan rabbi of the eighteenth century CE.