Zahalon, Jacob Ben-Isaac a Jewish writer of Rome, was born in 1630, and died at Ferrara in 1693. Besides a large medical work), אוצר החיים, he left, in MS., a commentary on Isaiah, entitled יעקב ס8 ישועות: — a commentary on Ecclesiastes, קהלת יעקב: disquisitions on Daniel, דרושים על דניאל:— homiletical expositions on the Pentateuch, ליעקב תתן אמת: — a commentary on the Song of Songs, ירנה צהלה, etc. See Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. 3:541, Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico Degli Autori Ebrei (Germ. transl.), page 332. (B.P.)
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More