- Yiram of Magdiel
Yiram of Magdiel (fl.
10th century ) was a minorJewish commentator on theBible , active inRome . The term "Magdiel", which appears in "Genesis" 36:43, was apparently interpreted as Rome (seeRashi on that verse), so that his name was really Yiram of Rome.Yiram was a younger contemporary of
Saadia Gaon and perhaps even his student. He apparently wrote a commentary on the "Books of Chronicles ", which is only known from a handful of fragments. These were later compiled into a single document, together with the works of other commentators such asJudah ibn Kuraish . The document was edited and published inFrankfurt-am-Main ,Germany , in 1874 under the title "Ein Kommentar zur Chronik aus dem 10. Jahrhundert." From this text it seems that the original compiler of the work was critical of Yiram's interpretation of the subject matter, and said that he did not fully understand the meaning of the passages on which he commented.References
*JewishEncyclopedia
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