Creating fictional worlds : Peshaṭ-Exegesis and narrativity in Rashbam's commentary on the Torah / by Hanna Liss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liss, Hanna.

Contributor:

Liss, Hanna.

Series:

Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 2.

Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, Narrative.

Samuel ben Meir, active 11th century-12th century. Perush ha-Torah.

Samuel ben Meir.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

R. Samuel ben Meir (b. 1085) wrote his Torah commentary at a point in time when the French masters of Bible collected their glossae, but he wrote it also at the point in time that we today consider to be the turning point in ‘lay literacy,’ when the Anglo-Norman aristocracy patronized the production of romances. In the first half of the 12th century, Northern France was a vibrant spot. It was an era in which composing, reading, and listening to narratives and stories intensified as a complex cultural phenomenon. This book presents the idea that Rashbam tried to compete with this new intellectual movement, claiming that the literary quality of the biblical texts was at least as good as that of the nascent courtly romances, or even on a par with one another.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / H. Liss

Introduction / H. Liss

Chapter One. The Northern French School Of Biblical Exegesis: The Status Quaestionis In Modern Scholarship / H. Liss

Chapter Two. Reevaluating Biblical Commentaries In Northern France / H. Liss

Chapter Three. R. Samuel Ben Meïr (Rashbam): His Torah Commentary And Its Transmission / H. Liss

Chapter Four. The Torah And The Art Of Narrative / H. Liss

Chapter Five Rashbam’S Commentaries Between ץומנר And ‘Romance’ / H. Liss

Chapter Six. Peshat And Halakhah / H. Liss

Chapter Seven. The Old French Glosses And Rashbam’s Exegesis ‘According To The Ways Of The World’ / H. Liss

Conclusion Rabbis, Knights, And The Excitement Of Medieval Adolescence / H. Liss

Appendix Synopsis. Of The Old French Glosses In Rashbam’s Torah-Commentary / H. Liss

Bibliography / H. Liss

General Index / H. Liss

Index Of Names / H. Liss

Index Of References / H. Liss.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12066-6

9786613120663

90-04-19457-6

OCLC:

727951179

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004194564.i-320 DOI