Yiram of Magdiel

Yiram of Magdiel (Hebrew: יראם המגדיאלי‎, fl. tenth century) was a minor Italian Jewish commentator on the Bible, active in Rome. The term Magdiel, which appears in Genesis 36:43, was apparently interpreted as Rome (see Rashi on that verse), so that his name was really Yiram of Rome.^[1]

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 quotes by the Commentary on Chronicles Attributed to a Student of Saadia Gaon.

References

1. Vogelstein, Hermann; Rieger, Paul (1896). Geschichte der Juden in Rom. Vol. 1. p. 184.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Yir'am of Magdiel". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

External links

• A commentary on Chronicles, containing fragments of Yiram's work (Frankfurt 1874)