Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Bible Commentaries/
  2. Old Testament Bible Commentaries

Rashi, Biblical Interpretation, and Latin Learning in Medieval Europe

by New York) Mordechai Z. Cohen (yeshiva University

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

£74.90

Save 16% | Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 5 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Free delivery on orders over £10

In this volume, Mordechai Z. Cohen explores the interpretive methods of Rashi of Troyes (1040-1105), the most influential Jewish Bible commentator of all time. By elucidating the 'plain sense' (peshat) of Scripture, together with critically selected midrashic interpretations, Rashi created an approach that was revolutionary in the talmudically-oriented Ashkenazic milieu. Cohen contextualizes Rashi's commentaries by examining influences from other centers of Jewish learning in Muslim Spain and Byzantine lands. He also opens new scholarly paths by comparing Rashi's methods with trends in Latin learning reflected in the Psalms commentary of his older contemporary, Saint Bruno the Carthusian (1030-1101). Drawing upon the Latin tradition of enarratio poetarum ('interpreting the poets'), Bruno applied a grammatical interpretive method and incorporated patristic commentary selectively, a parallel that Cohen uses to illuminate Rashi's exegetical values. Cohen thereby brings to light the novel literary conceptions manifested by Rashi and his key students, Josef Qara and Rashbam.
Rashi, Biblical Interpretation, and Latin Learning in Medieval Europe and The Rule of Peshat: Jewish Constructions of the Plain Sense of Scripture and Their Christian and Muslim Contexts, 900-1270
The Rule of Peshat: Jewish Constructions of the Plain Sense of Scripture and Their Christian and Muslim Contexts, 900-1270Rashi, Biblical Interpretation, and Latin Learning in Medieval Europe

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    April 2021

  • Weight

    641g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108470292

  • ISBN-10

    1108470297

  • Eden Code

    5306465

Featured in

Over 14,000 churches and schools have upgraded to an Advance Account and we‘d love to welcome you into this free program. We know that church volunteers and school teachers often use their own money, then have claim it back on on an expense form. We can take all of that hassle away by invoicing your church or school directly and delivering your order straight away.

Opening an account is quick and easy, with most accounts being approved and setup within a few hours of filling in the form below (on weekdays, not weekends). As soon as we‘ve approved the application we‘ll send you an email to let you know that its done.

Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account
Write a review
      Ask a question