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Algaba, Jacob B. Moses Di

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Translator into Hebrew of the celebrated medieval romance, "Amadis de Gaul." The translation probably appeared at Constantinople between 1534 and 1546. A copy of the work, which is extremely rare, is in the British Museum (see the "Catalogue" of Van Straalen, p. 11, London, 1894).

The name Algaba, as Steinschneider suggests, may be either a patronym, or an apocope of the Hebrew word ("treasurer"). In the latter case its full form would be "Algabai."

Bibliography:
  • Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. p. 965;
  • Jew. Quart. Revelation 10:514;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 39.
H. G. E.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Algaba, Jacob B. Moses Di'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​a/algaba-jacob-b-moses-di.html. 1901.
 
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