Jacob ben Nathanael
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Jacob ben Nathanael ibn al-Fayyumi (
Iggeret Teman or, as it is also called, Petah Tikva. Abraham Harkavy supposes that Jacob had knowledge of Saadia Gaon
's Sefer ha-Galui (Studien und Mittheil. v.154; comp. Monatsschrift, xliv.508). Jacob's father was known as a philosophical writer (see Jew. Encyc. v.354).
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Jacob ben Nathanael ibn al-Fayyumi". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.