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■ Creation, Humanity, and Purpose 12 Born to a family of Spanish origins, Radak draws on the Andalusian tradition of philological exegesis transmitted by his father Joseph Kim ִhi, Abraham Ibn Ezra, and other influential figures . Raised in Narbonne, he also maintains a palpable affinity toward midrash, in the eminent Narbonnese tradition of Rabbi Moses the Preacher . His commentaries, moreover, show the unmistakable influence of Rashi and, to a lesser degree, other exegetes of Northern Europe . 2 Radak’s worldview, however, rests mainly on the thought of Moses Maimonides With the completion of The Guide of the Perplexed around 1190 and . ) 1204 – 1138 ( its full translation into Hebrew some fifteen years later, Maimonides’ philosophy, grounded in the Arabic Aristotelian tradition, would exert increasing influence on Numerous assertions by Radak draw on the ideas of the great our commentator . 3 Jewish philosopher . And his treatments of some longer passages, such as the Garden A wide ...
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