Malbim

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Malbim was a 19th-century Orthodox rabbi and biblical commentator known for his detailed, linguistically focused exegesis of the Hebrew Bible and classical Jewish texts.

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Malbim canonical 2
Ha-Malbim 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible commentator
Jewish religious leader
Orthodox rabbi
biblical commentator
person
rabbi
acronymOf Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser
surface form: Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel
alsoKnownAs Malbim
surface form: Ha-Malbim

Meir Leibush Malbim
Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser
surface form: Meir Leibush ben Yechiel Michel Wisser

Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser
surface form: Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser
birthName Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser
dateOfBirth 1809
dateOfDeath 1879
denomination Orthodox Judaism
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
fieldOfWork Hebrew linguistics
Jewish law
Jewish philosophy
biblical exegesis
hasInterpretationStyle harmonization of apparent biblical contradictions
linguistically focused exegesis
peshat-oriented exegesis
influenced modern Orthodox biblical scholarship
yeshiva study of Tanakh
influencedBy classical Hebrew grammarians
traditional rabbinic literature
knownFor detailed linguistic analysis of the Hebrew Bible
grammatical and stylistic analysis of biblical Hebrew
opposition to Reform Judaism
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
Yiddish
movement Orthodox Judaism
name Malbim self-link
notableWork Commentary on Ketuvim
Commentary on Neviim
Commentary on the Haggadah
Commentary on the Hebrew Bible
Commentary on the Megillot
Commentary on the Prophets
Commentary on the Siddur
Commentary on the Torah
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Volhynia
Volochysk
placeOfDeath Kyiv
surface form: Kiev

Russian Empire
positionHeld chief rabbi of Bucharest
rabbi of Kempen
rabbi of Königsberg
rabbi of Mohilev
rabbi of Wreschen
religion Judaism

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Malbim alsoKnownAs Malbim
this entity surface form: Ha-Malbim
Malbim name Malbim self-link