Arje, Jacob Judah

Arje, Jacob Judah a Spanish rabbi of the 17th century, who exercised his functions at Hamburg, then at Amsterdam. He wrote, Tabnith fecal (in Spanish, Middelburg, 1642; translated into French in 1643 under the title Portrait

du Temple de Soolononz)':-Tractatus de Cherubinis (Amsterd. 1647), in Latin:-a Spanish version of the Psalms, with the text (ibid. 1671), and other works. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.