Creator Bio
Moses Kimḥi
ca. 1127–ca. 1190
The first son of Joseph Kimḥi, Moses Kimḥi followed in his father’s footsteps as a grammarian and exegete, although he was to be overshadowed by his prolific brother David. Moses lived in Narbonne and continued his father’s efforts to bring Andalusi exegetical perspectives to French Jews. Moses’ most lasting works were commentaries on Proverbs, Job, and Ezra-Nehemiah, printed in standard rabbinic Bibles, though under the name Abraham Ibn Ezra. His grammatical work Course of the Paths of Knowledge (Mahalakh shevile ha-da‘at) proved immensely successful and was translated into Latin in the sixteenth century.
Content by Moses Kimḥi
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Commentary: On Proverbs
On Proverbs 30:1
Parables [meshalim] are metaphors, as the prophet [Ezekiel] said: Son of man, pose a riddle [ḥidah] and speak a parable [mashal] (Ezekiel 17:2). And so, the great eagles…
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Commentary: On Job
On Job 1:6-7
I ask redemption from the awesome God,
but to those who anger him, He will surely be an enemy [ye’eyov ayov].
May He who birthed me [i.e., God; see Psalms 22:10] help Moses Kimḥi,
who begins to…