Moses Kimhi

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Moses Kimhi (c. 1127 – c. 1190), also known as the ReMaK, was a medieval Jewish biblical commentator and grammarian.

Birth and early life

Kimhi was born around 1127, the eldest son of Joseph Kimhi[1] and the brother of David Kimhi,[2] known as the RaDaK.[3] He was born and lived in the Occitania region of southern France, an area that was heavily under the influence of the Spanish-Jewish community of that time. Little else is known of his early life.

Adulthood

He apparently raised his younger brother David following the death of their father, and was a major influence in his commentaries.[4]

Career as a commentator

Like his father, he wrote a number of commentaries on the Bible, basing himself on the literal meaning of the text. His surviving works include commentaries on the books of Proverbs, Job,[5] Ezra, and Nehemiah.[6] He also wrote a book of essays on Hebrew grammar,[7][8] in which he described the underlying principles of his commentaries, combined with tangential discussions of medieval philosophy.

References

  1. ^ Terry, Michael (1999). Reader's guide to Judaism. London: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-135-94157-4. OCLC 1100458504.
  2. ^ Rooden, Peter T. van (1989). Theology, biblical scholarship, and rabbinical studies in the seventeenth century: Constantijn L'Empereur (1591-1648), professor of Hebrew and theology at Leiden. Leiden, the Netherlands; New York: E.J. Brill. p. 187. ISBN 978-90-04-09035-4. OCLC 1000849816.
  3. ^ Steinschneider, Moritz; Manekin, Charles Harry; Langermann, Y. Tzvi; Biesterfeldt, Hinrich (2013). Moritz Steinschneider: the Hebrew translations of the Middle Ages and the Jews as transmitters. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 216. ISBN 978-94-007-7313-4. OCLC 1048079803.
  4. ^ Grunhaus, Naomi (2013-01-31). The Challenge of Received Tradition: Dilemmas of Interpretation in Radak's Biblical Commentaries. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-19-985840-8.
  5. ^ Berry, Donald K (1999). Introduction to Wisdom and Poetry of the Old Testament. Maitland: B & H Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4336-7070-1. OCLC 1058483315.
  6. ^ Kalman, Jason (2021). The Book of Job in Jewish life and thought : Critical essays. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hebrew Union College Press. ISBN 978-0-87820-195-2. OCLC 1264724271.
  7. ^ Campi, Emidio (2008). Scholarly knowledge: textbooks in early modern Europe. Genève: Librairie Droz. p. 170. ISBN 978-2-600-01186-0. OCLC 1000911548.
  8. ^ Price, David (2011-01-13). Johannes Reuchlin and the Campaign to Destroy Jewish Books. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-19-539421-4.
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