Samuel Ibn Tibbon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes: The Book of the Soul of Man.(Book review)

Hebrew Studies Journal | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

SAMUEL IBN TIBBON'S COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES: THE BOOK OF THE SOUL OF MAN. By James T. Robinson. Texts and Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Judaism 20. Pp. x + 660. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007. Cloth, $206.99.

Robinson's introduction, translation, and commentary for Samuel Ibn Tibbon's commentary on Ecclesiastes are based on his 2002 Harvard Ph.D. dissertation directed by Bernard Septimus. This is the first English translation of Ibn Tibbon's work. Unfortunately, a critical edition of the Hebrew text of Ibn Tibbon's commentary does not appear here; the shear ...

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