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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Kaufmann Kohler and Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. It has the following bibliography:
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- idem, Die Arabische Literatur der Juden, § 58.K
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