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Elisha ben Abraham

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Hebraist and Talmudist; flourished at the end of the fifteenth century. He was the author of "Magen Dawid," a vindication of David Ḳimḥi's grammar against the strictures of Efodi and David ben Yaḥya (Constantinople, 1517). The book is prefaced by an acrostic poem, giving the author's name.

Bibliography:
  • Michael, Or ha-Ḥayyim, p. 222;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 968;
  • Dukes, in Orient, 8:482.
L. G.
M. Sel.
Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elisha ben Abraham'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​e/elisha-ben-abraham.html. 1901.
 
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