Samson was the author of the following works: •
Sefer Keritut (Constantinople, 1515), a methodology of the Talmud divided into five parts: •
Bet Middot, treating of the thirteen rules of
R. Ishmael •
Bet ha-Miḳdash, on the rules for deductions by analogy and conclusions a fortiori • ''Netibot 'Olam,'' containing explanations of the 32 rules of R.
Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili • ''Yemot 'Olam,'' giving the names and the chronology of the
Tannaim and
Amoraim, and setting forth a method for deciding between the contrary opinions of two Rabbis •
Leshon Limmudim, explanations of certain
halakic decisions. The "Sefer Keritut," owing to its easy style and its author's great authority, became a classic. •
Ḳonṭres, a commentary on the Talmudic treatises
Erubin and
Abodah Zarah; mentioned in the
Sefer Keritut. • ''Bi'ur ha-Geṭ'' (Vienna MS. No. 48), on the laws concerning divorce. Samson wrote also
responsa, several of which are quoted by
Joseph Colon and
Solomon ben Adret. According to Heinrich Gross, Samson was the author of the supercommentary on
Ibn Ezra's commentary on the
Pentateuch found by
Judah Mosconi at
Perpignan between 1363 and 1375 (Halberstam MS.). As regards the word (ממרשילאה = "of Marseille"), which appears in the manuscript after the name Samson of Chinon, Gross believes that Samson settled at
Marseille after the banishment of the Jews from France. ==References==