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one of the most distinguished Jewish commentators and preachers of the 16th century, was born at Safet, in Upper Galilee, about 1520. He was rabbi of his native place, where he died about 1595. “His merits as an exponent of Scripture consist chiefly in his haying simplified the exegetical labors of his predecessors. He generally gives the literal interpretation first, and then endeavors to evolve the recondite and allegorical sense, so that his commentaries may be regarded as a useful synopsis of the various Midrashic and Cabalistic views of Scripture” (Ginsburg). He wrote, úåøú îùä , a commentary on the Pentateuch (Venice, 1601 and dften): ùåùðú äòî÷é , a commentary on the Song of Songs (ibid. 1591): — éåá ôðéðéí , a commentary on Proverbs (ibid. 1601): — øåîîåú àì , a commentary on the Psalms (ibid. 1605): — òéðé îùä , a commentary on Ruth (ibid.:1601): — îùàú îùä , a commentary on Esther (ibid. eod.): — îøàåú äöåáàåú , also ô òì úøé òñø ‘, a commentary on the twelve minor prophets (Fiirth, 1765): — îøàåú äöåáàåú ç à , a commentary on the earlier prophets (Offenbach, 1719): — a commentary on the later prophets (Fiirth, 1765): — ãáøéí èåáéí , a commentary: on Ecclesiastes (Venice, 1601): — ðçåîé ãáøéí , a commentary on Lamentations (ibid. eod.): çáöìú äùøéï , a commentary on Daniel (Amst. 1726): and çì÷ú îçé÷÷ , a commentary on Job (Jesnitz, 1727 ). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 41 sq.; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 40 sq.; Kitto, Cyclop. i, 123; Ginsburg, Commentary on Ecclesiastes (London, 1861), p. 73 sq.; Basnage, Histoire des Juifs (Taylor's transl.), p. 704; Etheridge,. Introd. to Heb. Literature, p. 415. (B. P.)