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Joseph Bibas
16th Century
Little is known about Joseph Bibas, who lived in Constantinople at the beginning of the sixteenth century. He may be Joseph ben Joel Bibas, who copied a Hebrew mathematical manuscript in 1506. A poem by Joseph Bibas was printed at the beginning of the story collection Hagadot ha-talmud (Talmudic Stories; Constantinople, 1511).
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The Late-Comer
He will surely come with songs of joy, carrying the child, in the full assembly. My friends, wait here for the bridegroom of blood.
He should be coming down the road. Why is the child so late? You…