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<p> called in Arabic Abul-Barkat Hibat [[Allah]] bar-Malka, was one of the medical coryphsei of the Mohammedan dominions in the 12th century, and was also distinguished as a philosopher and Hebraist, on which account he was designated Wachidal-Zeman, i.e., "the only one of his time." He tried his skill on the Book of Ecclesiastes (Koheleth), but his commentary, which is written in Arabic, has never been published; the MS. is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. | Nathaniel <ref name="term_52438" /> | ||
==References == | <p> called in Arabic Abul-Barkat Hibat [[Allah]] bar-Malka, was one of the medical coryphsei of the Mohammedan dominions in the 12th century, and was also distinguished as a philosopher and Hebraist, on which account he was designated Wachidal-Zeman, i.e., "the only one of his time." He tried his skill on the Book of Ecclesiastes (Koheleth), but his commentary, which is written in Arabic, has never been published; the MS. is in the Bodleian [[Library]] at Oxford. Isaac ibn-Ezra, son of the great commentator, celebrated Abul-Barkat's commentary on [[Koheleth]] in a poem (see Dukes, Kokbe Jizchak, 1848, page 21 sq.), in which he declares that this Solomonic book m i11 henceforth (A.D. 1143) go by the name of him who has so successfully unlocked its meaning. Comp. Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 6:280 sq.; Zeitschrift der Morgenlandischen Gesenschaft, 1859, page 711 sq.; Ginsburg, [[Historical]] and Critical [[Commentary]] on the Book of Ecclesiastes, page 58; Pocock, Notte Miscellaneae ad Portam Mosis (London, 1740), 1:196, where a specimen of this commentary is given. (B.P.) </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_52438"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/nathaniel Nathaniel from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_52438"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/nathaniel Nathaniel from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Nathaniel [1]
called in Arabic Abul-Barkat Hibat Allah bar-Malka, was one of the medical coryphsei of the Mohammedan dominions in the 12th century, and was also distinguished as a philosopher and Hebraist, on which account he was designated Wachidal-Zeman, i.e., "the only one of his time." He tried his skill on the Book of Ecclesiastes (Koheleth), but his commentary, which is written in Arabic, has never been published; the MS. is in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Isaac ibn-Ezra, son of the great commentator, celebrated Abul-Barkat's commentary on Koheleth in a poem (see Dukes, Kokbe Jizchak, 1848, page 21 sq.), in which he declares that this Solomonic book m i11 henceforth (A.D. 1143) go by the name of him who has so successfully unlocked its meaning. Comp. Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 6:280 sq.; Zeitschrift der Morgenlandischen Gesenschaft, 1859, page 711 sq.; Ginsburg, Historical and Critical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, page 58; Pocock, Notte Miscellaneae ad Portam Mosis (London, 1740), 1:196, where a specimen of this commentary is given. (B.P.)
