248) and Carmoly (in Jost's "Annalen," ii. 321) attribute the authorship to Israeli, because Abraham ibn Ḥasdai (see above), and Jedaiah Bedersi in his apologetical letter to Solomon ben Adret ("Orient, Lit." xi. cols. 166–169) speak of a commentary by Israeli on the "Sefer Yeẓirah," though by some scholars the words "Sefer Yeẓirah" are believed to denote simply the "Book of Genesis." But David Kaufmann ("R. E. J." viii. 126), Sachs ("Orient, Lit." l.c.), and especially Grätz (Geschichte v. 237, note 2) are inclined to attribute its authorship to Israeli's pupil Dunash ibn Tamim. Notes References Further reading Older sources Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Ibn Abi Usaibia, Uyun al-Anba, ii. 36, 37, Bulak, 1882; 'Abd al-Laṭif, Relation de l'Egypte (translated by De Sacy), pp. 43, 44, Paris, 1810; Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Literaturgesch. der Araber, iv. 376 (attributing to Israeli the authorship of a treatise on the pulse); Wüstenfeld, Geschichte der Arabischen Aerzte, p. 51; Sprenger, Geschichte der Arzneikunde, ii. 270; Leclerc, Histoire de la Médecine Arabe, i. 412; Eliakim Carmoly, in Revue Orientale, i. 350-352; Heinrich Grätz, Geschichte 3d ed., v. 257; Haji Khalfa, ii. 51, v. 41, et passim; Moritz Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. cols. 1113-1124; idem, Hebr. Bibl. viii. 98. xii. 58; Dukes, in Orient, Lit. x. 657; Gross, in Monatsschrift, xxviii. 326: Jost's Annalen, i. 408. External links Isaac Israeli, Stanford University. People from Kairouan Medieval Jewish physicians of Egypt Jews of Ifriqiya Philosophers of Judaism 10th-century physicians 10th-century Jews Medieval Jewish philosophers 10th-century people of Ifriqiya Physicians from the Fatimid Caliphate