# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nissim-ben-jacob
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:36:15.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nissim-ben-jacob"
name: "Nissim ben Jacob"
slug: "nissim-ben-jacob"
description: "Nissim ben Jacob, also known as Nissim Gaon, was a rabbi and Gaon best known today for his Talmudic commentary ha-Mafteach, by which title he is also known."
tagline: "Rabbi and exegete from Ifriqiya (990-1062)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "990"
deathDate: "1062"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.884810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_ben_Jacob"
    title: "Nissim ben Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "نسيم يعقوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_ben_Jacob"
    title: "Nissim ben Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisim_ben_Ja'akov"
    title: "Nisim ben Ja'akov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_ben_Jakob"
    title: "Nissim ben Jakob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_ben_Jacob"
    title: "Nissim ben Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_ben_Jacob"
    title: "Nissim ben Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_Gaon"
    title: "Nissim Gaon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "רב ניסים גאון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump