In Defense of the Church Militant: The Censorship of the Rashi Commentary in the Magna Biblia Rabbinica
The Counter-Reformation reacted not only to the Protestant threat but also to the Jews and Jewish texts. The censorship of Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch is an example of that reaction and demonstrates the particular objections the Church had to Jewish sources. Very popular with Christian...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1990
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1990, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 385-400 |
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| Summary: | The Counter-Reformation reacted not only to the Protestant threat but also to the Jews and Jewish texts. The censorship of Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch is an example of that reaction and demonstrates the particular objections the Church had to Jewish sources. Very popular with Christians, the Rashi commentary was not heavily censored, but the expunged words and phrases indicate that the censors were concerned not only with uniquely Jewish ideas, but also with possible support that Jewish interpretation of the Bible gave to Protestant teachings. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2540275 |