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iii. Hagiographa

1. Commentary on Proverbs [Perush al Mishlei] (Leiria, 1492; Venice, 1524-26, 1546-48, 1567-68, 1617-19; Basle, 1617-19; Amsterdam, 1724-27; Karlsruhe, 1834; and in subsequent editions of the Miqra’ot Gedolot).
2. Commentary on Job [Perush al Iyyov] (Ferrara, 1477; Naples, 1487; Venice, 1524, 1547, 1567-68, 1617-19; 1617-19; Amsterdam, 1724-27; and in subsequent editions of the Miqra’ot Gedolot).
A summarized version of this commentary in rhyme (!) was composed by Zerah Barfat and published in Venice in 1543/4 and again in Cracow in 1573/4. This twelve-page curiostiy is called Perush Iyyov be-Qizzur Muflag, beHalazah uve-Shir, Kefi Perusho shel ha-Ralbag (A Greatly Abbreviated Commentary on Job in Rhyme and Meter According to the Commentary of Gersonides).
3.Commentaries on Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth Ecclesiastes, Esther and Daniel in Qehillot Mosheh (Rabbinic Bible edited by Moses Frankfurter, Amsterdam, 1724-27).
4. Commentaries on the Five Scrolls [Perush ‘al Hamesh Megillot] (Riva di Trento, 1560; Koenigsberg, 1860 [Reprint: Israel, n.d.).
  Despite the title, this work does not contain a commentary on Lamentations; there is no evidence that Gersonides ever wrote one.
5.Commentary on Song of Songs, Introduction, edited by Menachem Kellner in “ Gersonides’ Introduction to His Commentary on Song of Songs,” Da’at 23 (1989): 15-32 (Hebrew).
6. Commentary on Daniel (Italy [Rome?], c. 1480; Venice, 1517-18 ; Amsterdam, 1524-27; Tel Aviv: Pardes, 1970 [Ozar ha-Perushim, Vol. II]).
7. Commentaries on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles [Be’urei Ralbag al Ezra, Nehemiah, ve-Divrei ha Yamim] (Cracow, 1888; reprint: Israel, 1971).