Hezekiah ben Manoah
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Hezekiah ben Manoah (known as the Hizkuni, Hebrew: חזקוני) was a French rabbi and exegete.
In memory of his father, who lost his right hand through his stead-fastness in the faith, Hezekiah wrote (about 1240) a commentary on the Pentateuch, under the title Ḥazzeḳuni. It was printed at Venice in 1524. Other editions appeared at Cremona (1559), at Amsterdam (1724, in the Rabbinical Bible of M. Frankfurter), at Lemberg (1859), etc. It is based principally upon Rashi
, but it uses also about twenty other commentaries, though the author quotes as his sources only Rashi
, Dunash ben Labrat
, the "Yosippon", and a "Physica" which is mentioned in the Tosafot
(to Lev. xii. 2). He is generally cited by the title of his commentary.
In memory of his father, who lost his right hand through his stead-fastness in the faith, Hezekiah wrote (about 1240) a commentary on the Pentateuch, under the title Ḥazzeḳuni. It was printed at Venice in 1524. Other editions appeared at Cremona (1559), at Amsterdam (1724, in the Rabbinical Bible of M. Frankfurter), at Lemberg (1859), etc. It is based principally upon Rashi
Rashi
Shlomo Yitzhaki , or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi , was a medieval French rabbi famed as the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, as well as a comprehensive commentary on the Tanakh...
, but it uses also about twenty other commentaries, though the author quotes as his sources only Rashi
Rashi
Shlomo Yitzhaki , or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi , was a medieval French rabbi famed as the author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, as well as a comprehensive commentary on the Tanakh...
, Dunash ben Labrat
Dunash ben Labrat
Dunash ha-Levi ben Labrat was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain. He was, according to Moses ibn Ezra, born in Fes. In his youth he travelled to Bagdad to study with Saadia Gaon.Dunash is called the founder of Spanish Hebrew poetry...
, the "Yosippon", and a "Physica" which is mentioned in the Tosafot
Tosafot
The Tosafot or Tosafos are medieval commentaries on the Talmud. They take the form of critical and explanatory glosses, printed, in almost all Talmud editions, on the outer margin and opposite Rashi's notes...
(to Lev. xii. 2). He is generally cited by the title of his commentary.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i.171;
- ZunzZunzZunz, Zuntz is a Yiddish surname: , Belgian pharmacologist* Leopold Zunz , German Reform rabbi* Gerhard Jack Zunz , British civil engineer- Zuntz :* Nathan Zuntz , German physiologist...
, Z.G. p. 91; - Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. p. 844;
- Catalogus Monacensis, p. 79;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 173;
- Winter and Wünsche, Die Jüd. Litteratur, ii.332;
- RenanRenanRenan may refer to:Places* Renan, Virginia, United States* Renan, Switzerland, a village in the canton of BernePeople* Ernest Renan, French philosopher and writer* Renan Augustinho Marques, a Brazilian football striker born in 1983...
, in L'Histoire Littéraire de la France, xxvii.436.