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Sephardic Jewish writer (14th century) This article is about the supercommentary to Ibn Ezra . Joseph ben Eliezer Bonfils was a 14th-century Sephardic Jewish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra entitled Tzafnat Paneach . With greater clarity than ever before, Bonfils was responsible for elucidating Ibn Ezra's heterodox approach in a way that scholars hadn't yet uncovered.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Joseph ben Eliezer Bonfils was a 14th-century Spanish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of Abraham ibn Ezra entitled Tzafnat Paneach . With greater clarity than ever before, Bonfils was responsible for elucidating Ibn Ezra's heterodox approach in a way that scholars hadn't yet uncovered.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 14th-century spanish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of abraham ibn ezra”. Today it says “a 14th-century sephardic jewish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of abraham”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
a 14th-century spanish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of abraham ibn ezra
Now
a 14th-century sephardic jewish author most notable as a supercommentary on the biblical commentary of abraham
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