Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars : Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria / Devorah Schoenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenfeld, Devorah, Author.

Series:

Fordham Series in Medieval Studies

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Notes on Format

Introduction

1. The Developing Jewish–Christian Polemic

2. Rashi and His Sources

3. The Sources and Manuscript Evolution of the Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22

4. Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic, Faith, and Sacrifice in Rashi and the Gloss on Genesis 22

Appendixes

A. A Critical Edition of the Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22: Overview of Existing Editions of the Gloss and Rationale for Present Edition

B. Major Manuscript Variants in Rashi’s Commentary on Genesis 22: Existing Editions and Rationale for Present Edition

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9189-8

OCLC:

1350686007