Commentaries of the Kimhis Available During the Reformation

THE FIRST RABBINIC BIBLE

This Bible was edited by Felix Pratensis and was printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, 1517.

The following commentaries by Rabbi David Kimhi were included:

• The "Former Prophets": Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings

• The "Latter Prophets": Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

• Psalms

There is an unusual feature of the Psalm Commentaries of David Kimhi. The "anti-Christian polemics" of David Kimhi were deleted from the psalm commentaries where they would have otherwise appeared. However, in some of the extant Bibles a special page was introduced between the Psalms and Proverbs which contained an assembled version of all the "anti-Christian polemics". I have summarized what was included on the two sides of the special page. I have also attempted to find out which of the 1517 Bomberg Bibles contain the special page.

THE SECOND RABBINIC BIBLE

This Bible was edited by Jacob ben Chayim, and was printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, 1524,5.

The following commentaries by Rabbi David Kimhi were included:

• The "Former Prophets": Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings

• Jeremiah

• Ezekiel

Commentaries by Moses Kimhi (under the name of Abraham Ibn Ezra):

• Proverbs

• Ezra/Nehemiah

THE THIRD RABBINIC BIBLE

Printed in 1548

The following commentaries by Rabbi David Kimhi were included:

• The "Former Prophets": Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings

• The "Latter Prophets": Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi

  There may have also been commentaries on First Chronicles, and there may have been some commentaries by Moses Kimhi.