# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-ben-nissim
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:40:49.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-ben-nissim"
name: "Jacob ben Nissim"
slug: "jacob-ben-nissim"
description: "Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin was a Jewish philosopher and mathematician who lived in Kairouan, Tunisia, in the 10th century; he was a younger contemporary of Saadia. At Jacob's request, Sherira Gaon wrote a treatise entitled Iggeret, on the redaction of the Mishnah. Jacob is credited with the authorship of an Arabic commentary on the Sefer Yeẓirah."
tagline: "Philosopher and rabbi from Ifriqiya"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "950"
deathDate: "1006"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.8125
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "יעקב בן נסים"
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    title: "جاكوب بن نيسيم"
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    title: "Jacob ben Nissim"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Nissim"
    title: "Jacob ben Nissim"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Nissim_ibn_Shahin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump