Rashi, Biblical Interpretation, and Latin Learning in Medieval Europe - A New Perspective on an Exegetical Revolution

List of contents

Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. A new program of Peshat ('plain sense' exegesis); 2. 'Settling' the words of scripture using Midrash; 3: St Bruno on psalms - precedent for Rashi?; 3: St Bruno on psalms - precedent for Rashi?; 4. Comparison to the Andalusian exegetical school; 5. Comparison to the Byzantine exegetical school; 6. Rashi's literary sensibilities and Latin Grammatica; 7. Rashi's notion of 'the poet' (ha-meshorer) in Latin context; 8. Joseph Qara and Rashbam: Peshat legacy in Northern France; 9. Literary sensibilities of Peshat within a Latin context; Bibliography; General index; Index of scriptural references; Index of rabbinic sources.

About the author

Mordechai Z. Cohen, author of Three Approaches to Biblical Metaphor (2003), Opening the Gates of Interpretation (2011), and The Rule of Peshat (2020), is a recognized expert on Jewish Bible interpretation in its Muslim and Christian cultural contexts. He has taught at universities in the US, Israel, Europe, and China.

Summary

Offers new perspectives on the revolutionary interpretive methods and literary conceptions of Rashi (Troyes 1040-1105), the most influential Jewish Bible commentator of all time, by comparison with contemporaneous trends in Latin learning, especially parallels to the Psalms commentary of Rheims Cathedral Master Bruno the Carthusian (1030-1101).

Product details

• Authors: Mordechai Z. Cohen, Mordechai Z. (Yeshiva University Cohen, Cohen Mordechai Z.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108470292
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47029-2
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; comparative religion, Christianity, Judaism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Biblical Commentaries