Jaabez, Isaac a Jewish rabbi of Constantinople, who died at the beginning of the 17th century, is the author of תורת חסד, a commentary on the Hagiographa, consisting of tell different parts:
1, קדש הלולים, on the Song of Songs; 2, צמח קדש, on Ruth: 3, צדקת תמי, on Lamentations; 4, שערי מדע, on Coheleth; 5, עטרת שלים, on Esther; 6, תהלות, on the Psalms; 7, למודי, on Proverbs; 8, יראת שדי, on Job; 9, ברכת ישרים, on Daniel, 10, חוסים מושיע, on Ezra and Nehemiah, reprinted in Moses Frankfurter's Rabbinic Bible (Amsterdam, 1724-27).
See De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), page 133; Fulrst, Bibl. Jud. 2:2.
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