Moses ibn Gikatilla
Moses ibn Gikatilla · Arts & Literature
Grammarian, poet, and Bible commentator who translated Hayyuj's grammatical works into Hebrew.
c. 1050, Cordoba, Al-Andalus (Spain)
Muslim Spain (Cordoba and Zaragoza)
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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.
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
