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Darkness" would be a more fitting translation, since Nethanel's introduction shows
246:, etc. He inserted in his work three Hebrew poems, two of which were published by Kohut in his above-mentioned "Light of Shade and Lamp of Wisdom." Nethanel is often quoted under the designation of "ibn Yesha'yah" by Mansur al-Dhamari and by
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329:"Nethaneel ben Isaiah"
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1330:Isaac Tyrnau
1172:Israel Bruna
1120:Meir HaKohen
873:(Ri HaZaken)
840:Rabbeinu Tam
781:Joseph Caspi
578:Abraham Saba
478:Judah Halevi
423:Isaac Alfasi
415:North Africa
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1086:(Mordechai)
1019:Simeon Kara
889:Bechor Shor
740:(HaMichtam)
715:David Kimhi
596:Nachmanides
539:(Migdal Oz)
521:Joseph Albo
496:(Ri Migash)
356:Hebr. Bibl.
244:candlestick
192:notes, and
1504:Categories
1464:Moses Taku
1387:Judah Anav
1321:(Or Zarua)
1212:Jacob Weil
734:(HaManhig)
709:Gersonides
649:(Tashbatz)
473:Maimonides
339:It cites:
258:References
221:Pentateuch
166:Maimonides
134:exegetical
114:Seleucidan
1426:Elsewhere
1116:(Rokeach)
1110:(Raavyah)
1104:(Ra'aven)
1098:(Maharil)
728:(HaIttur)
721:Abba Mari
588:Catalonia
358:xiii. 59;
351:vii. 350;
194:polemical
178:al-Farabi
158:Ibn Janah
154:Masoretes
130:midrashic
49:entitled
43:homiletic
867:(Yereim)
711:(Ralbag)
705:(Raavad)
690:Provence
643:(Rivash)
614:(Rashba)
407:Rishonim
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214:meshugga
210:Muhammad
188:), some
186:gematria
174:Almagest
142:Targumim
140:and the
138:Talmudim
69:His work
35:Biblical
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1305:Austria
1237:England
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120:, and
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110:Tammuz
91:Berlin
79:Hirbah
59:Hebrew
1356:(Rid)
1340:Italy
1067:Mainz
919:Rivam
830:Rashi
608:(Ran)
464:Spain
425:(Rif)
202:Islam
182:Plato
170:Greek
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