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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]