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Athathar, Chajim Ibn
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a Jew of Sala, in Barbary, went to Jerusalem in 1742, where he became the teacher of Chajim Asulai. He died there in 1743. He is the author of אור החיים, a commentary on the Pentateuch (Venice, and often). He also wrote novellas on some treatises of the 'Talmud. See First, Bibl. Jud. i, 70; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 49 sq. (B. P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Athathar, Chajim Ibn'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/athathar-chajim-ibn.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.