Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Encyclopedias
Saphir, Jacob

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Saphir (2)
Next Entry
Sapp, Resin
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

a Jewish traveller, was born in 1830, and died at Jerusalem, June 23,1885. He visited Egypt, Arabia, India, and Australia; the results of his researches he published in אבן ספיר (1868, 1874, 2 volumes). This work is of great historical and ethnographical value. For the Hebrew codex which Saphir brought from Arabia and sold to. the public library at Paris in 1868, (See SHAPIRA MANUSCRIPT). (B.P.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Saphir, Jacob'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/saphir-jacob.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile