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Singer, Isidore; Schloessinger, Max (1901–1906). "Isaac ben Moses Eli (ha-Sefaradi)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Steinschneider, Bibliotheca Mathematica, 1901, p. 74.
- Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, p. 192.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Isidore Singer and Max Schloessinger (1901–1906). "Isaac ben Moses Eli (ha-Sefaradi)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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