Creator Bio
Tov ben Matsliaḥ
10th Century
Tov ben Matsliaḥ (Abū ’l-Khayr Ṭābā ibn Ṣalḥūn) was from Mosul, Iraq. He is known for one work, written in Judeo-Arabic: The Book of Watchtowers (Kitāb al-manāẓir), which consists of notes on synagogue study sessions that seek to harmonize philosophy and biblical theology. Nothing else is known about his life.
Content by Tov ben Matsliaḥ
Primary Source
The Book of Watchtowers
[ . . . ] Similarly Scripture mentions also the excellent Egyptian sages who are called “wise men” and “magicians,” and their subtle actions that resemble some of the true [miracles] that had been…