Editing Abraham ibn Ezra (section)

== Works ==
[[File:Exodus w commentary by Abraham ibn Ezra 1488.jpg|280x280px|left|thumb|The Book Exodus, with commentary by Abraham ibn Ezra, Naples 1488]]
In Spain, Ibn Ezra had already gained the reputation of a distinguished poet and thinker.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Abenezra|volume=1|page=42|first=William|last=Bacher|author-link=Wilhelm Bacher}}</ref> However, apart from his poems, the vast majority of his work was composed after 1140. Written in Hebrew, as opposed to earlier thinkers' use of [[Judeo-Arabic]], these works covering Hebrew grammar, Biblical exegesis, and scientific theory were tinged with the work of Arab scholars he had studied in Spain.

Beginning many of his writings in Italy, Ibn Ezra also worked extensively to translate the works of grammarian and [[xegesis|biblical exegetist]] [[Judah ben David Hayyuj]] from their original Judeo-Arabic to Hebrew.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Sela|first1=Shlomo|last2=Freudenthal|first2=Gad|date=2006|title=Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scholarly Writings: A Chronological Listing|journal=Aleph|volume=6|issue=6|pages=13–55|issn=1565-1525|jstor=40385893|doi=10.1353/ale.2006.0006|s2cid=170244695}}</ref> Published as early as 1140, these translations became some of the first expositions of Hebrew grammar to be written in Hebrew.<ref name=":2" />

While publishing translations, Ibn Ezra also began to publish biblical commentaries. Using many of the techniques outlined by Hayyuj, Ibn Ezra would publish his first biblical commentary on [[Ecclesiastes]] in 1140.<ref name=":3" /> He would continue to publish such commentaries over mainly works from [[Ketuvim]] and [[Nevi'im]] throughout his journey. He managed to publish a short commentary over the entire [[Torah|Pentateuch]] while living in [[Lucca]] in 1145. This brief commentary would be amended into more extended portions beginning in 1155 with the publication of his expanded commentary on [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]].<ref name=":3" />

Besides his Torah commentaries, ibn Ezra also published many works in Hebrew on [[science in the medieval Islamic world|Islamic science]]. In doing so, he continued spreading the knowledge he had gained in Spain to the Jews throughout the areas he visited and lived. This can be seen particularly in the works he published while living in France. Many of the works he published relate to astrology and the use of the [[astrolabe]].