With the commentary of DAVID BEN JOSEPH KIMCHI.

(BIBLE, Hebrew. LATER PROPHETS).

Joshua Solomon Soncino

Soncino

1486

FIRST EDITION with David ben Joseph Kimchi. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Latter Prophets.

Vinograd, Soncino 13; Offenberg 29; Goff Heb-24; Freimann-Marx, Thesaurus A-39

Printed just before the Soncino family Printers’ flight to Casal Maggiore, Later Prophets with the commentary of David Kimchi (RaDa”K), completed the House of Soncino’s first Biblical text. See Amram, pp. 60-61. Just as Joshua the printer came form a distingushed family of printers, so the exegete came from a distinguished fairly of bible commentators. By far the leading exegete of the family, David Kimchi commented on all the prophetic books nd in addition, on Psalms, Chronicles and the Book of Genesis. His method follows the peshat, but he often accepts the derash, utilizing gadic interpretations to a great extent. As a follower of Maimonides philosophical views, he introduces some of his ideas in his commentaries and explains some events as visions. Notably, in his commentary of Ezekiel’s famous vision of the Divine Chariot in Ezekiel, Chapter 1, Kimchi offers a lengthy philosophic explanation of the Theophany. See: M. Waxman, Vol. I, pp. 199-200.