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Jacob ben Naphtali ha-Kohen

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Italian printer; born in Gazolo; lived in the sixteenth century. For some time prior to 1556 he was the manager of Tobiah Foa's printing establishment at Sabbionetta, which issued Abravanel's "Merkebet ha-Mishneh" (1551). In 1556 Jacob removed to Mantua, where he superintended the printing of a great number of works in Rufellini's printing-house, first alone, afterward in association with Meïr b. Ephraim Sofer, then from 1560 to 1563 again alone. The first work printed by Jacob at Mantua was Elijah Levita's "Sefer ha-Baḥur"; the last, "Midrash Yelammedenu."

Bibliography:
  • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 2:24,25;
  • Zunz, Z. G. pp. 252 et seq.;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 2930.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Jacob ben Naphtali ha-Kohen'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​j/jacob-ben-naphtali-ha-kohen.html. 1901.
 
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