Rashi (1040-1105) and the Origins of Biblical Commentary in the Franco-Rhenic Jewish Centers

Abstract

The book investigates the social and cultural background of the intellectual milieu of Northern French and Rhenish Jewish centers in 10th-12th C. In the center of the book there is the figure an work of Rabbi Shelomo Yitzhaqi (Rashi, 1040-1105).

The book formulates a thesis that Rashi created a specific exegetical methodology. This methodology is reconstructed based on the Rashi's programmatic statements that are scattered in the course of his Biblical commentaries.

Keywords

• Jewish Studies
• Middle Ages
• Hebrew Bible
• Shelomo Yitzhaqi
• Biblical exegesis
• rabbinic literature