Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah

Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah

Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac ibn Adonijah, (about 1470–before 1538), was a scholar of the Masoretic textual notes on the Hebrew Bible, and printer. Born in Spain, he left his native country and fled to Tunis (hence sometimes called Tunisi) to escape the persecutions that broke out there at the beginning of the sixteenth century. After residing at Rome and Florence he settled at Venice, where he was engaged as corrector of the Hebrew press of Daniel Bomberg. Late in life he embraced Christianity. Jacob's name is known chiefly in connection with his edition of the Rabbinical Bible (1524-25), which he supplied with Masoretic notes and an introduction which discusses the Masorah, "qere" and "ketib", and the discrepancies between the Talmudists and the Masorah. The value of his activity as a Masorite was recognized even by Elijah Levita, who, however, often finds fault with his selections. [Second introduction to "Massoret ha-Massoret," ed. Ginsburg]

Jacob's introduction to the Rabbinical Bible was translated into Latin by Claude Capellus in 1667, ["De Mari Rabbinico Infido," vol. ii., ch. 4, Paris, 1667] and into English by Christian D. Ginsburg (Longman, 1865). Jacob also wrote a dissertation on the Targum, prefixed to the 1527 and 1543-44 editions of the Pentateuch, and published extracts from Moses ha-Nakdan's "Darke ha-Nikkud weha-Neginot", a work on the accents. He revised the "editio princeps" of the Jerusalem Talmud (1523), of Maimonides' "Yad", and of many other works from Bomberg's press.

References

Works

*C.D. Ginsburg, "Jacob ben Chajim ibn Adonijah's Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible", London: Longman, 1865; reprinted with the "Masoret ha-Masoret" of Elias Levita, New York: KTAV, 1968

Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography

*De Rossi, "Dizionario", p. 322;
*Nepi-Ghirondi, "Toledot Gedole Yisrael", p. 197;
*Christian D. Ginsburg, "Massoret ha-Massoret", pp. 33-34, London, 1867;
*Oẓar Neḥmad, iii.112;
*Steinschneider, "Cat. Bodl." col. 1205;
*Fürst, "Bibl. Jud." iii.451.

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