Work Joseph ibn Caspi is one of the most prolific authors of his time. Beginning his literary career at the age of seventeen years, and the study of philosophy at age 30, he composed twenty to nine books, mostly preserved, and the titles of others are known by a catalog that was established, headed Qvoutsat Kessef ("Collection of money").
This catalog, as well as most of the work preserved, were edited and printed by Isaac Last in 1903 and 1906 in London.
Hebrew Philology
- Peroush ("Commentary"), a commentary on the Sefer haRiqmah of Yona ibn Jannah (not preserved);
- Retouqot Kessef ("Channels of money," also known as Pirkei Yosef, "Chapters of Joseph"), a treatise on Hebrew grammar, including a manuscript is preserved at the Library of angelic Rome (Cat. Angel. No. 21) (not printed);
- Sharsherot Kessef ("Colliers money," also called Sefer haShorashim, "Book of Roots"), a lexicographical work of the Hebrew Bible , whose ranking is done under the etymology and homonymy of biblical terms. This is probably the best-known work of the author. A manuscript is preserved at the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BNF, Paris, MS. No. 1244).
The linguistic work of Joseph ibn Caspi will want based on logic and abstract criteria. If their influence has been modest, limited to a few authors whose Profiat Duran , and virtually zero on the future of grammar and lexicography, Hebrew, they nevertheless reflect an attempt to return to the theoretical aspects of Hebrew philology, while the model is predominant at the time of the Mikhlol David Kimhi , who favors the didactic presentation and discussion of the paradigmatic Hayyuj and Ibn Jannah .
Linguistic theory of Ibn Caspi has been studied by Cyril Aslanov .
Religious Philosophy
- Teroumat Kessef ("Oblation Silver"), a compendium of reviews of Averroes on Aristotle's Ethics and Plato's Republic, according to the Hebrew translations of Samuel de Marseille. Written around 1329, the manuscript is preserved in various libraries (Parma MS. No. 442; Neubauer , Bodleian Catalogue of Hebrew MSS, No. 1427) (not printed);
- Tzeror HaKessef ("Beam Silver," also called Kitzour Higgayon, "Compendium of Logic"), abstract logic, logic popularizing works of Averroes and Al-Farabi , whose manuscript is preserved at the Bibliothque nationale de France (BNF, Paris, MS. No. 986) (not printed)
- Amoudi Kessef ("Pillars of Money") and Maskiyot haKessef ("Images of Silver), commentary in two parts on the Guide of the Perplexed of Moses Maimonides, written around 1330. The commentary of Ibn Caspi is based on that of Shem Tov Falaquera , Hamor the Moor, which he often uses the arguments. He used himself as the source for Moses Narboni , Profiat Duran , and others. It was published by S. Werbluner, with notes and corrections Raphael Kirchheim (Frankfurt am Main, 1848 );
- Menorat Kessef ("Silver Candelabra"), a philosophical interpretation of Maasse HaMerkava (Bible passages relating to Char Celeste, mainly the first chapters of the Book of Ezekiel )
Religious Thought of Ibn Caspi is influenced by Abraham ibn Ezra and Maimonides , he reads through the prism of Averroes.
Biblical Exegesis
- Porashat Kessef ("Sum of Money '), it is one of the few manuscripts from a variety of supercommentaires Ibn Caspi on that of Abraham ibn Ezra. Porashat Kessef comment is purely grammatical and is in the Bibliothque nationale de France (BNF, Paris, MS. No. 184), and elsewhere.
- Tirat Kessef ("Silver Palace," also called Sefer haSod, "The Book of Secret"), a mystical commentary on the Pentateuch, preserved in the Vatican Library (Vatican MSS. Our. 36, 46). This book, composed in Arles in 1317, includes some biographical information about the author. Strongly criticized by Abba Mari Eligedor and Moses Beaucaire , it is the cause of the dispute between Joseph ibn Caspi and student Ben Kalonymos Kalonymos.
- Adne Kessef ("Pillars of Money '), part of the previous comments, offer explanations of the same nature on the prophetic books and other writings.
- Mizreq Kessef ("Silver Ponds"), commentary on the passages related to the creation story (not preserved).
- Matzref leKessef is a commentary focusing on the simple meaning of the verses, but with an ethical-philosophical view, contrary to comments of Rashi or Ibn Ezra.
- Adne Kessef: commentary on Joshua, Judges, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Minor Prophets.
- Hatsotsrot Kessef: commentary on the Song of Songs, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
- Shoulhan Kessef, commentary Job
- Kapot Kessef, commentary Ruth and Lamentations
- Glile Kessef, commentary Esther
- Hagorat Kessef, Commentary Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles
- Supercommentaire esoteric passages of the Pentateuch Commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra
- Books not kept
- KFOR Kessef, presenting his interpretations of the Pentateuch diverging ibn Ezra and Maimonides
- Masmerot Kessef, commentary on the Psalms
- Ke'arot Kessef, commentary Daniel
Other
- Tzava'at Kaspi (Caspi Testament, "also called De'a Yore," Teacher of Knowledge "), a series of moral sentences, for the author's son, Abba Mari ben Joseph. It was published by Eliezer Ashkenazi (Leipzig, 1844)
- He wrongly attributes of liturgical poems, but they were written by Joseph ben Shalom Kaspi, a namesake who lived in the sixteenth century.
References
This article incorporates text from the Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906, article "CASPI, JOSEPH BEN ABBA MARI BEN JOSEPH BEN JACOB" by Richard Gottheil & Broyd Isaac , a publication now in the public domain.
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Bibliography
- Jacob Gordin , Joseph Kaspi, Encyclopaedia Judaica, ed. Eschkol, Berlin 1932, Volume 9, p. 1025 to 1030, translated from German by the Cyril Aslanov, and republished in Jacob Gordin: Writings - The revival of Jewish thought in France, a collection of Jewish Presences, Albin Michel , ISBN 2-226-07785-5
- Hannah Kasher, Joseph Kaspi , in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , June 2006
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