The supercommentator as thinker: examples from the Ashkenazic Rashi supercommentary tradition

This article explores a largely neglected exegetical literary medium, supercommentaries on Rashi s Commentary on the Torah. Its main aim is to show how authors who wrote in this exegetical tradition contributed to Jewish thought. The supercommentators studied are Israel Isserlein, Judah Loew of Prag...

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Main Author: Lawee, Eric 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Liverpool University Press [2016]
In: Journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 340-362
Further subjects:B Biblical Commentaries
B Intellectual History
B Ashkenazim
B Judah Loew ben Bezalel, ca. 1525-1609
B Periodicals
B Jewish History
B Jewish Studies
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