Tanchuma Ben-Abba
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Tanchuma Ben-Abba [1]
who flourished A.D. 380, is the reputed author of the celebrated commentary on the Pentateuch called מדרש תנחומא , for which see the art. (See Midrash). The latest edition is that published by E. Perlmutter (Stettin, 1864). See First, Bibl. Jud. 3, 409; Steinschneider, Catalogus Libr. Hebr. In Bibl. Bodl. col. 2669; Gratz, Gesch. Der Juden, 4: 458, 558; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. i, 1159 sq.; 3, 1166 sq.; 4:1035; Zunz, Gottesd. Vortrdge (Berlin, 1832), p. 226-238; De Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 307; id. Annales Hebraeo-typographici, p. 24. (B. P.)
