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Obadiah ben David B. Obadiah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Commentator; born in 1325, according to Azulai ("Shem ha-Gedolim," 1:76); in 1341, according to Steinschneider ("Cat. Bodl." col. 2075, No. 6687). He wrote a commentary on Maimonides' "Yad," Ḳiddush ha-Ḥodesh, in which he gives a detailed treatise on the Jewish calendar and on astronomy. This commentary was published for the first time in the Amsterdam, 1702, edition of the "Yad."
Bibliography:
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:43;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, 1:473,536.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Obadiah ben David B. Obadiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/o/obadiah-ben-david-b-obadiah.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Obadiah ben David B. Obadiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/o/obadiah-ben-david-b-obadiah.html. 1901.
