Mosheh ben Shemu’el ha-Kohen Ibn Chiquitilla, the translator

Abstract

Study of the first Hebrew translation  of the grammatical  work of Hayyuy, made by Moseh ben Semu'el  ha-Kohen Ibn Chiquitilla  of Cordova in the XI century.  In the first part  I  present the Ibn Chiquitilla's literary work as an introduction.  In the second one his method  of translation   is described  as well as his analytical  skills.  At the end, I attach an edition  of the oldest fragment  (s. XII)  known of the text and also I  study  its remarkable differences with respect to the later copies which are also the most widely spread.