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Jacob Sforno (Obadja
Sforno, Hebrew: עובדיה ספורנו) was an
Italian rabbi,
Biblical commentator,
philosopher and physician. A
member of the
Sforno family...
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Sforno is the name of a
prominent Jewish Italian family, many
members of
which distinguished themselves as
rabbis and scholars. The most
prominent of these...
- it "god saw me",
Abraham Ibn Ezra,
Bahya b. Asher, and
Obadiah b.
Jacob Sforno, "god who appears",
David Kimhi, "god I saw" or "visible god", and Levi...
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Nachmanides Gersonides Jacob ben
Asher (Ba'al Haturim)
Obadiah ben
Jacob Sforno Shabbethai B**** (Siftei Hakhamim)
Obadiah of
Bertinoro (Emer Neka) Shlomo...
- poem in 2:1–3:5
shows the
evidence of a
broken covenant against Israel.
Sforno suggests that
Leviticus 4:22,
which discusses a
leader who has sinned, begins...
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related supercommentary Siftei Chachamim alongside). Ramban, Ibn Ezra and
Sforno are on the
facing page;
other commentaries and
references are in the margins...
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gives this
interpretation in his
commentary on the verse.
Regarding this,
Sforno states that "every
disembodied creature is
known as elohim; this includes...
- the RaN, 14th
century Spain Isaac Abarbanel (1437–1508)
Obadiah ben
Jacob Sforno, 16th
century Italy Acharonim The
Vilna Gaon, also
known as
Elijah ben Solomon...
- ben
Jeroham Yefet ben Ali
Rashbam Abraham ibn Ezra
David Kimhi Obadiah Sforno Joseph Gikatilla[page needed]
Joseph Kara
Benjamin ben
Judah Rashi Menachem...
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Luria (Maharshal) (1510–1573),
Posek and
Talmudist Obadiah ben
Jacob Sforno (
Sforno) (c. 1475 – 1550),
Italian scholar and
rationalist Chaim Vital (1543–1620)...
