Hezekiah ben Manoah

Hezekiah ben Manoah (13th century) (known as the Hizkuni, Hebrew: חזקוני) was a French rabbi and student.

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.

Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Fürst, Bibl. Jud. i.171;
• Zunz, 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;
• Renan, in L'Histoire Littéraire de la France, xxvii.436.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hezekiah ben Manoah". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906.