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Bar-Joseph, ben-Elchanan
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or a Jewish rabbi of the 17th century, is the author of אִרְבִע חָרָשַׁים, a dogmatico-homiletical commentary on tlie historical books of the Old Test. divided into four parts. The first part, entitled כַּסֵּא דָוַד, treats of those passages which have reference to David's house; the second, קַנְאִת אֶפְרִיַ, speaks of the kings of Israel after the division of the kingdom, and of the so-called Messiah, the son of Joseph; the third, רוּחִ חֵן, speaks of Elijah and other prophets; and the fourth, רִב בְּרָכוֹת, treats of the priests anl of the Noachites. The work was published at Frankfort-on-the-Oder in 1680. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 84; Benjacob, Ozar Ha-Sepharim, or Thesaurus Librorumn Hebraicorum tam Impressorum quam Manu Script. (Wilna, 1880), i, 48, No. 935. (B. P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bar-Joseph, ben-Elchanan'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bar-joseph-ben-elchanan.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
