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Yiẓḥaḳ ben Ze'era

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Palestinian amora of the fourth century. He interpreted the word in Psalm 19:6 , in connection with Genesis 18:11 , as signifying that the descending sun resembles a drop of blood not larger than a mustard-seed (Lev. R. 31:9 ). He is credited also with an interpretation of a verse of the Song of Solomon (vii:10) but some confusion exists with regard to the name, that of Bar Nazira occurring instead of his in some passages (Yeb. 97a Bek. 31b).

Bibliography : Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. 1:121, note 1 3:722 Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot , p. 242.J. S. O.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Yiẓḥaḳ ben Ze'era'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​y/yia-ben-zeera.html. 1901.
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