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Bass, Sabbathai

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a Jewish writer of Holland, was born at Kalisch in 1641. In 1689 he established a Hebrew printing-office at Dyrhenfurt, and died in 1718 at Krotoschin. He is the author of, שַׂפַתֵי חֲכָמַי, a super-commentary on Rashi on the Pentateuch and the five Megilloth (Amst. 1680 a.o.): —יַשֵׁנַיַם

שׂפְתֵי, an index of Hebrew literature, including the works of Christian writers, giving altogether 2360 titles, viz. 2200 of Jewish, and 160 of Christian writers (ibid. 1680; Zolkiew, 1806). He also edited some other works. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 92 sq.; Benjacob, Ozar HaSepharim or Thesaurus Librorum Iebraicorum, 3, 609, No. 1236, 1238. (B. P.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bass, Sabbathai'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/bass-sabbathai.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.