• ben Jacob Sforno (Obadja Sforno, Hebrew: עובדיה ספורנו) was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. A member of the Sforno...
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  • centuries, and was the brother of Obadiah Sforno, who mentions him in the introduction to his commentary on the Pentateuch. Obadiah also writes that Hananeel...
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  • musician Obadiah of Bertinoro (c. 1450?–c. 1516 or earlier), Italian rabbi best known for his popular commentary on the Mishnah Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (c...
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    Kimhi Nachmanides Gersonides Jacob ben Asher (Ba'al Haturim) Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno Shabbethai Bass (Siftei Hakhamim) Obadiah of Bertinoro (Emer Neka) Shlomo...
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    whom he corresponded include Shmuel ben Moshe di Modena, Joseph Katz, Solomon Luria, Moses Isserles, Obadiah Sforno, and Moses Alashkar. Lublin/Chelm,...
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  • that the law was connected to a prohibition of idolatry in Judaism. Obadiah Sforno and Solomon Luntschitz, rabbinic commentators living in the late Middle...
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  • Cajetan Niccolò Machiavelli Aulo Giano Parrasio Petrus Egidius Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno Marcantonio Zimara Agostino Nifo Girolamo Fracastoro Leandro Alberti...
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  • Solomon Luria (Maharshal) (1510–1573), Posek and Talmudist Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno) (c. 1475 – 1550), Italian scholar and rationalist Chaim Vital...
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  • Rome and the north. Two of the most famous of Italy's Jews were Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (1475–1550) and Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1746) whose written...
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  • great Acharonim Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th-century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno, 1475–1550), 16th-century...
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