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Research interests
Professor in Bar Ilan University’s Bible Department. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from this same department, and rabbinic ordination from Israel’s chief rabbinate. In addition to his many articles, Jacobs is the author of Measure for Measure in the Biblical Storytelling, Nahmanides’ Torah Commentary Addenda Written in the Land of Israel [with Prof. Yosef Ofer], and Bekhor Shoro Hadar Lo – R. Joseph Bekhor Shor between Continuity and Innovation (in Hebrew).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Bar-Ilan University
Jan 1999 → Jan 2003
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master, Bar-Ilan University
Oct 1993 → Sep 1997
Award Date: 30 Sep 1997
Bachelor
Jan 1991 → Dec 1992
Award Date: 30 Dec 1992
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Saul’s Meal at Endor (1 Sam 28,20-25) and Its Contribution to Understanding the Story of Saul at Endor
Jacobs, J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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יחסו של רד"ק ל"מילים מורכבות" במקרא
Translated title of the contribution :Rabbi David Kimhi's Approach to the "Complex Words" in the Bible Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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יחסו של ר' מיוחס בן אליהו למדרשי חז"ל ולפולמוס עם הקראים
Translated title of the contribution :The Attitude of Rabbi Meyuhas ben Elijah to the Sages and the Polemic with the Karaites Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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המודעות של רבנו בחיי בן אשר למבע רב -משמעי במקרא
Translated title of the contribution :Bahya ben Asher’s Awareness of Intentional Ambiguity in the Bible Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RABBI MEYUHAS BEN ELIJAH: HIS GEOGRAPHICAL PROVENANCE, WORKS, AND CHRONOLOGY
Jacobs, J., Jan 2022, In: Revue des Études Juives. 181, 1-2, p. 111-136 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review