Melech, Salomo Ibn, a Jewish writer of the 16th century, was a resident at Constantinople, where he published, in 1554, his מַכלִל יֹפַי, "The Perfection of Beauty," scholia on the Hebrew Bible. It has been repeatedly edited, but the best edition is that of Amsterdam (1685, fol.), with Abendana's additions. It is a very valuable contribution to grammatical exegesis, since it is brief and condensed, giving almost exclusively grammatical and lexical explanations, for the most part from Kimchi's writings. It has been highly valued among Christians, and several parts of it have been translated into Latin; that on Canticles, by Chr. Molitor (Altdorf, 1659); on Joshua and Malachi, by Nik. Koppen (Greifswalde, 1708, 1709); on Ruth, by J.B. Carpzov, reprinted in his Collegium Rabbinico-Biblicum (Leipsic, 1705); on Jonah, by G. Chr. Bureklin (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1697), Job. Leusden (ibid. 1692), and E. Chr. Fabricius (Gottingen, 1792); on Obadiah, by Brodberg (Upsala, 1711), etc. See Ffurst, Bibl. Jud. 2:350; Etheridge, Introduction to Jewish Lit. page 417; De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico Degli Autori (Germ. transl. by Hamburger), page 217; Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 1:1075 sq. 3:1055 sq. (B.P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More