Mordechai Z. Cohen

Rashi, Biblical Interpretation, and Latin Learning in Medieval Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 675g
• ISBN-13: 9781108470292
• ISBN-10: 1108470297
• Artikelnr.: 60187727

Autorenporträt

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.

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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.