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Kayamkulam Philipose Ramban was a Syriac scholar and hieromonk of the Malankara Church, known for translating the Bible into Malayalam for the first time. His work, completed in 1811, made the Bible accessible to the Saint Thomas Christians .
Rabbi Yosef Qafih, who had provided his translation for the 1958 Mossad Harav Kook publication, would later, in 1971, supersede the former edition while faulting that edition for its printing of errors against his agreement and without his knowledge. [9] Nachmanides' (Ramban) commentary to the Torah (1971-1976).
The Hebrew and English bible text is the New JPS version. It contains a number of commentaries, written in English, on the Torah which run alongside the Hebrew text and its English translation, and it also contains a number of essays on the Torah and Tanakh in the back of the book.
Ramban's major work on the Talmud is referred to as Chiddushei haRamban. The commentary reflects his depth of knowledge and his deep respect for the legal authorities that came before him. [ 21 ] It is not structured as running commentary on the Talmud; instead it focuses on specific parts of the Talmudic discussion . [ 22 ]
Church historians say Kayamkulam Philipose Ramban, a scholar from Kayamkulam, translated the Bible from Syriac into Malayalam in 1811 to help the faithful get a better understanding of the scripture. The Manjummal translation is the first Catholic version of the Bible in Malayalam. This is the direct translation from Latin.
Sefer Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments", Hebrew: ספר המצוות; Judeo-Arabic: כתאב אלפראיץׄ) is a work by the 12th-century rabbi, philosopher, and physician, Moses Maimonides. While there are various other works titled similarly, the title " Sefer Hamitzvot " without a modifier refers to Maimonides' work.
Ramban can refer to: Nachmanides (1194 – c. 1270), Catalan rabbi and philosopher also known as RaMBaN; Cave of the Ramban in Jerusalem; Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India Ramban district, an administrative unit in India; Ramban (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Ramban Synagogue in Jerusalem; Rambaan, 1948 Indian film; Ramabanam, 2023 Indian ...
It is also commonly called "laining" (lein is also spelt lain, leyn, layn; from the Yiddish לייענען (leyenen), which means "to read"). [1] Regular public reading of the Torah was introduced by Ezra the Scribe after the return of the Judean exiles from the Babylonian captivity (c. 537 BCE), as described in the Book of Nehemiah. [2]