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Elijah Cohen ben Moses ben Nissim
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Oriental scholar of the second half of the thirteenth century. He translated an Arabic maḳamah, similar to the "Assemblies" of Ḥariri, into Hebrew under the title "Megillat ha-'Ofer." A manuscript copy is in the Bodleian Library. The beginning of this work was published by Steinschneider in "Ha-Karmel."
Bibliography:- Steinschneider, Jewish, Literature, p. 349;
- idem, Hebr. Uebers. p. 884;
- idem, in Ha-Karmel, 6:320-321.
G.
M. Sel.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Elijah Cohen ben Moses ben Nissim'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/elijah-cohen-ben-moses-ben-nissim.html. 1901.