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Kimhi was born around 1127, the eldest son of [[Joseph Kimhi]] and the brother of [[David Kimhi]], known as the ''RaDaK''. 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. |
Kimhi was born around 1127, the eldest son of [[Joseph Kimhi]] and the brother of [[David Kimhi]], known as the ''RaDaK''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steinschneider |first=Moritz |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/moritz-steinschneider-the-hebrew-translations-of-the-middle-ages-and-the-jews-as-transmitters/oclc/1048079803 |title=Moritz Steinschneider: the Hebrew translations of the Middle Ages and the Jews as transmitters |last2=Manekin |first2=Charles Harry |last3=Langermann |first3=Y. Tzvi |last4=Biesterfeldt |first4=Hinrich |date=2013 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-94-007-7313-4 |location=Dordrecht |pages=216 |language=English |oclc=1048079803}}</ref> 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. |
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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 and the brother of David Kimhi, known as the RaDaK.[1] 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.
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, Ezra, and Nehemiah. He also wrote a book of essays on Hebrew grammar, in which he described the underlying principles of his commentaries, combined with tangential discussions of medieval philosophy.
References
- ^ 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.
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