McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chefez

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Chefez


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(in Italian, Gentile), Moses, a Jewish writer of Italy, was born at Trieste about 1663, and died at Venice in 1711. He is the author of îְìֶàëֶú îִçֲùֶׁáֶú , A' Philosophical Commentary on the Pentateuch (Venice, 17i0) : çֲðֻëִּú äִáִּéַú , or A Description and Explanation of the Second Temple (ibid. 1696). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 172; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 80 sq.; Luzzatto, Mose Chefez, in Lit.-Blatt. des Orients, 1847, No. 18. (B. P.)