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Isaac Israeli ben-Josef

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a very distinguished' Jewish writer who flourished at Toledo in the first half of the- 14th century (1300-1340), deserves our notice as the author of יְסוֹד עוֹלָם, or The Foundation of the World, a masterly production on Jewish chronology, including also the entire field of the science of astronomy, both theoretically and practically delineated (Berlin, 1777, 4to; and a better edition, ibid. 1848, 4to). This work, of which a part of the MS. has been preserved, was written about 1310 at the express wish of Israeli's teacher, Asher ben-Jechiel. He also compiled tables of Jewish chronology under the title of סֵדֶד הִקִּבָּלָה (Zolkiew, 1805, 8vo, et el.). See Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 7:290; Carmoly, Itineraires, p. 224; B. Goldberg, Isaac Israeli (in the Lib. d. Or. 1845), c. 433-435; Furst, Biblioth. Judaica, 2, 150. (J. H.W.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Isaac Israeli ben-Josef'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​i/isaac-israeli-ben-josef.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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