Jacob Ben Hayim Ibn Adonijah
Jacob ben Hayim ibn Adonijah ben Isaac is a leading Spanish Jew of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (c. 1470 - before 1538 ).
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Biographical Elements
Born in Spain, he left his homeland and took refuge in Tunis (hence her sometimes nickname of Tunis) to escape persecution that erupted in the early sixteenth century. We later find in Rome and Florence , then Venice , where he moved after being hired by Daniel Bomberg as correcting the Hebrew press. He seems to have converted to Christianity late in life.
Work
The name of Jacob ben Hayim is mainly associated with the Bomberg edition of the Rabbinic Bible (1524-25). He introduced the Massor margin, and compiles at the end of a match book Masoretic notes that could not be inserted. This is the first treatise on Massor ever produced. It adds an introduction, he discusses the Massor , the qere and ketib , and differences between Talmudic and Massor. Although filled with errors, this text was generally recognized as the Textus Receptus of Massor (Wrthwein 1995:39), and used for the English translation of the Old Testament in the Bible of King Jacques .
His introduction to the Rabbinic Bible was translated into Latin by Claude Capellus in 1667, and in English by Christian David Ginsburg (Longman, 1865).
He also wrote a treatise on the Targum , attached Bomberg editions of the Pentateuch of 1527 and 1543 to 1544 and published excerpts from Darke ha-Nikkud Weha-Neginot of Hanakdan Moshe , a treatise on systems of vocalization and cantillation Masoretic. He also revised the first edition of the Jerusalem Talmud (1523), the Mishneh Torah of Moses Maimonides , and many other works from the Bomberg press.
References
- Crawford Howell Toy & Caspar Levia , Masorah , in Jewish Encyclopedia , ed. Funk & Wagnalls, New York, 1901-1906
- Second introduction to "ha-Masoretic Masoretic", ed. Ginsburg , New York 1968
- Rabbinico Infido De Mari, vol. II., Ch. 4, Paris, 1667
Source
This article incorporates text from the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906, article "Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac ibn Adonijah" by Joseph Jacobs and Isaac Broyd , a publication now in the public domain.
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Bibliography
- CD Ginsburg, Jacob ben Chajim ibn Adonijah's Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible, London: Longman, 1865, reprinted with Massoretes ha-Massoretes of Elijah Levita , New York: Ktav , 1968
| Eras of Massor | Soferim Masoretes ( Ben Asher & Naphtali Ben ) Nakdanim Expert (Ben Hayyim Elia Levita CD Ginsburg ) |  |
| Schools | Babylonian hyrosolimite Galilean Tiberian ( Tiberian pronunciation of Hebrew ) | |
| Signs of vocalization | Patah Kamatz Shva Tsere Hiriq Segol Holam Kouboutz & Shourouk | |
| Diacritical | DAGESH ( hard and soft ) Mappiq Rafe Point Shin | |
| Other signs and notes | Signs cantillation Gueresh & Guershayim Meteg Noun reversed Qeri-ketiv | |
| Works | Aleppo Codex Leningrad Codex Codex cairensis | |
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