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Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno | |
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| Born | c. 1470/1475 Cesena, Italy |
| Died | 1549 Bologna, Italy |
| Era | Medieval philosophy |
| Region | Jewish philosophy |
Ovadia ben Jacob Sforno (Obadja Sforno, Hebrew: עובדיה ספורנו) was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. A member of the Sforno family, he was born in Cesena about 1475 and died in Bologna in 1549.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ Moshe Weiss A Brief History Of The Jewish People 2004 Page 124 "included Rabbi Elijah Delmedigo (circa 1460-1497); Rabbi Elijah Levita (1468-1549); and Rabbi Obadiah Sforno (1470-1550), who wrote an important commentary on the Bible and was the teacher of the German Hebraist and humanist, Johannes Reuchlin."
- ^ The JPS Bible Commentary: Ecclesiastes - Page xxiv 2004 "Sforno (Obadiah b.Jacob Sforno), c.1470±c.1550. Kitvey Rabbi Ovadiah Seforno.Ed. Zeev Gotlieb, Jerusalem, 1987."
- ^ Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica Sforno, Obadiah ben Jacob (c. 1470-c. 1550)
- ^ Heller, Marvin J. (2022), "Sforno, R. Obadiah ben Jacob", in Sgarbi, Marco (ed.), Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 2993–2995, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14169-5_833, ISBN 978-3-319-14169-5, retrieved 2024-09-07