But he was also the father of the "Higher Criticism." Ibn Ezra's pioneer work in spreading scientific methods of study in France was shared by Joseph Kimchi, who settled in Narbonne in the middle of the twelfth century.

His sons, Moses and David, were afterwards famous as grammarians and interpreters of the Scriptures.
David Kimchi (1160-1235) by his lucidity and thoroughness established for his grammar, "Perfection" (_Michlol_), and his dictionary, "Book of Roots," complete supremacy in the field of exegesis.

He was the favorite authority of the Christian students of Hebrew at the time of the Reformation, and the English Authorized Version of 1611 owed much to him.
At this point, however, we must retrace our steps, and cast a glance at Hebrew literature in France at a period earlier than the era of Ibn Ezra.
BIBLIOGRAPHY TRANSLATIONS OF SPANISH-HEBREW POEMS: Emma Lazarus .-- _Poems_ (Boston, 1889).
Mrs.H.Lucas .-- _The Jewish Year_ (New York, 1898), and in Editions of the Prayer-Books.

See also (Abrahams) _J.Q.R._, XI, p.

64.
IBN GEBIROL.
Graetz .-- III, 9.
D.Rosin .-- _The Ethics of Solomon Ibn Gebirol_, 7.