, a celebrated Jewish rabbi, was a physician at Constantinople towards
, a celebrated Jewish rabbi, was
a physician at Constantinople towards the end of the 13th
century, and a man of extensive reputation, He wrote:
1. “A commentary on the Pentateuch;
” a translation of
which into Latin was published at Jena, 1710, fol. a work
highly praised by Simon, in his Critical History of the
Old Testament, and by Wolfius, in his Bibl. Hebraica. It
appears by a manuscript of the original, in the library of
the Oratory at Paris, that it was written in 1294. 2. “A
commentary on the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and
Kings, translated from the Arabic into Hebrew,
” a manuscript in the library at Leyden. 3. “A commentary on
Isaiah and the Psalms,
” in the same library. 4. “A
commentary on Job,
” which the author notices in his firstmentioned work on the Pentateuch. 5. “A treatise on,
Grammar,
” a very rare work, printed at Constantinople
in The Form of Prayer in the Caraite Synagogue,
”
Venice,