Gedaliah, Judah ben Moses
GEDALIAH, JUDAH BEN MOSES
GEDALIAH, JUDAH BEN MOSES (16th century), scholar in Salonika. Nothing is known of his life, but his important works remain. They are Masoret Talmud Yerushalmi, indexes of parallels to the Jerusalem Talmud (Constantinople, 1573); notes on the Midrash Rabbah and the Five Scrolls (Salonika, 1593/94). In this latter work Gedaliah reveals a sound critical aptitude and extensive philological knowledge. He explains most of the difficulties found in the Midrash, and is extensively quoted by later commentators. His notes on the Zohar Ḥadash (Salonika, 1596/97) also reveal his critical insight. In the Bodleian Library there are preserved a few volumes of the Bomberg edition of the Babylonian Talmud with his notes in manuscript.
bibliography:
Michael, Or, no. 980; Fuenn, Keneset, 393; Steinschneider, Cat Bod, no. 1326.
[Itzhak Alfassi]