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Yiram of Magdiel

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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.

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