Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob
- Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob
(c. 1470-c. 1550)
Italian biblical commentator. He taught Hebrew to Johannes Reuchlin in Rome (1498-1500). After living in various cities, he settled in Bologna, where he helped to re-establish a Hebrew printing house and organize the Jewish community. He founded and ran a bet midrash there. He wrote commen-taries on the Pentateuch, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, Job, Jonah, Habakkuk and Zechariah. He also wrote a commentary on Avot, a number of grammatical works, and a philosophical treatise.
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SFORNO, OBADIAH BEN JACOB — (c. 1470–c. 1550), Italian biblical commentator and physician. Born in Cesena, Sforno was especially attached to his brother Hananel, who for a time supported him financially. Nothing is known about his father. In Rome Obadiah studied philosophy … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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