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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
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Also Known As Rikham • Maistre Petit • Joseph Qimḥi • Joseph Kimchi • Joseph Kimḥi
Born c.1105 • Spain
Died c.1170 • Narbonne? • France
Notable Works “Sefer ha-Berit” • “Sefer ha-galui” • “Sefer ha-zikkaron”
Notable Family Members son David Kimhi • son Moses Kimhi
Subjects Of Study Hebrew language • grammar
Judah ben Solomon Harizi
Spanish-Jewish poet
Haim Naḥman Bialik.
Haim Naḥman Bialik
Russian-Jewish writer
Gabriel Preil
American poet
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Dunash Ben Labrat
Hebrew poet
Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Elijah Bokher Levita
Italian grammarian
Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
David Kimhi
European scholar
Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian
Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Moses Kimhi
European scholar
Judah ha-Levi
Hebrew poet
Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Jewish mystic
William Rainey Harper
American educator
Ahmed Ali
Pakistani writer
Paul Bowles
American composer, translator, and author
Michael Scot
Scottish scholar
Sermon being preached from a minbar, miniature from the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, 1223; in the National Library, Paris (MS Arabe 6094, fol. 93).
al-Ḥarīrī
Islamic scholar

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