Works
Most of what Simon wrote in biblical criticism was not really new, given the work of previous critics such as Louis Cappel, Johannes Morinus, and others. In denying that Moses wrote the entire Pentateuch he followed Abraham ben Ezra. The Jesuit tradition of biblical criticism starting with Alfonso Salmeron had paved the way for his approach.
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