Description

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.

Features

• The Glossa Ordinaria and Rashi's commentary were respectively the most influential Christian and Jewish Bible commentaries of the High Middle Ages
• In simple terms, it is a comparison of 12th century Christian and Jewish commentary (the Glossa Ordinaria vs. Rashi) on the Old Testament story of the binding of Isaac
• Explores the theological articulations of Jewish-Christian hostilities in the high middle ages

Reviews

"Schoenfeld's book is at the forefront of new thinking about peshat/literal sense in both Jewish and Christian contexts, and she opens up new territory for exploration and comparison."-DEEANA KLEPPER, Boston University

Product Details

364 pages; 6 x 9; ISBN13: 978-0-8232-4349-5ISBN10: 0-8232-4349-4

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