# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-ben-asher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:40:21.165Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-ben-asher"
name: "Jacob ben Asher"
slug: "jacob-ben-asher"
description: "Jacob ben Asher, also known as Ba'al ha-Turim as well as Yaakov ben haRosh, was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. He is often referred to as the Ba'al ha-Turim or simply HaTur, after his main work, the Arba'ah Turim."
tagline: "German rabbinic authority (c. 1269 - c. 1343)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaakov_ben_Asher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1269"
deathDate: "1343"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1993355481727575
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "چاكوب بين اشير"
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    title: "Jacob ben Asher"
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    title: "Jakob ben Ascher"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Яков бен Ашер"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump