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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Nissim ben Jacob · Alexandria

Person · 990 CE – 1062 CE

Nissim ben Jacob

Also known as

Nessim Ben Jacob Ibn Shahin
Nisim
Nisim ben Ja'akov
Nisim ben Ja'akov ben Nisim ibn Šahin
Nisim ben Ja'aḳov ibn Šáhín
Nissim Ben Jacob

archival plate · Nissim ben Jacob · placeholder

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Connected to

religionJudaism5th c. BCE
father · child ofJacob ben Nissim9th c. CE

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