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- "Aaron of Canterbury" Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, 1901–1906; which gives the following bibliography:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Jacobs, Joseph (1901). "Aaron of Canterbury". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 8.
- The article there was written by Joseph Jacobs.
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