Lectionary Calendar
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Illescas, Jacob de

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
Resource Toolbox

(יעקיב דילישקאש ), a Jewish philosopher and commentator, flourished in the 14th century at Illecas, not far from Madrid, whence his family derived their name. He wrote a Commentary on the Pentateuch (contained in Frankfurter's great Rabbinic Bible) in an allegorical, cabalistic sense, with many valuable grammatical explanations of difficult passages. He also paid particular attention to obscure passages of Rashi and Aben-Ezra's expositions on this portion of the Hebrew Scriptures, and freely quotes other celebrated Jewish literati, as Lekach Tob, Joseph, Tam, Bechor Shor, Jehudah the Pious, Isaac of Vienna, Moses de Coney, Aaron, Eljakim, the Tosafoth, etc. See Kitto, Cyclop. Biblical Liter. 2, 378; Fü rst, Biblioth. Jud. 2, 91.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Illescas, Jacob de'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/illescas-jacob-de.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile