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Moses ibn Gikatilla

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Moses ibn Gikatilla · Arts & Literature

What

Grammarian, poet, and Bible commentator who translated Hayyuj's grammatical works into Hebrew.

When

c. 1050, Cordoba, Al-Andalus (Spain)

Where

Muslim Spain (Cordoba and Zaragoza)

Biography

Moses ibn Gikatilla is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Grammarian, poet, and Bible commentator who translated Hayyuj's grammatical works into Hebrew.

How & why

Moses ibn Gikatilla was an eleventh-century Jewish grammarian, poet and biblical commentator of Muslim Spain, who translated Judah Hayyuj's foundational grammatical works from Arabic into Hebrew. His rationalist Bible commentary made him one of the notable Hebrew scholars of the Andalusian golden age.

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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia

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Grammarian, poet, and Bible commentator who translated Hayyuj's grammatical works into Hebrew.

c. 1050

Source: Jewish Encyclopedia