Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars - Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria

Informationen zum Autor Devorah Schoenfeld Klappentext Devorah Schoenfeld's new work offers an in-depth examination of two of the most influential Christian and Jewish Bible commentaries of the High Middle Ages. The Glossa Ordinaria and Rashi's commentary were standard texts for Bible study in the High Middle Ages, and Rashi's influence continues to the present day. Although Rashi's commentary and the Glossa developed at the same time with no known contact between them, they shared a way of reading text that shaped their interpretations of the central religious narrative of the Binding of Isaac. Schoenfeld's text examines each commentary unto itself and offers a detailed comparison, one that illustrates the similarities between Rashi and the Gloss that derive not merely from their shared late antique heritage but also from their common twelfth-century context, and the Jewish-Christian polemic in which they both, implicitly or explicitly, take part. Zusammenfassung Rashi's commentary and the Glossa Ordinaria both developed in the late eleventh and early twelfth century with no known contact between them. Nevertheless, they shared a way of reading text that shaped their interpretations of the near-sacrifice of Isaac. This work compares them both with each other and their respective sources to show their similarity.

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• Authors: Assistant Devorah (Loyola University C Schoenfeld, Devorah Schoenfeld, SCHOENFELD DEVORAH
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2012
• EAN: 9780823243495
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-4349-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies (FUP); Fordham Series in Medieval Studies; Fordham Series in Medieval Studies; Fordham Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works