Guide to the Perplexed - Perplexing Questions Regarding Rashi's Bible Commentary - A Search for Answers
There are many manuscripts for Rashi's commentary - a commentary that has become a basic staple in Torah study. There are many perplexing questions about Rashi's commentary, ranging from to potential nusach (biblical manuscript) discrepancies, to Rashi's philosophical views on the subject of evil and free will - to the question of what of "Rashi's" commentary that we have - especially on the books of Neviim and Ketuvim - was written by him, and what was written by students or supercommentaries?
We look at examples from throughout Tanakh relating to different questions we have in order to appreciate these questions. We take heart in the continuing research being done on the supercommentaries and newly digitzed manuscripts, which can aid us in our quest for answers.
לשאר השיעורים בסדרה (19)
- Righteousness and Rescue: Noah, Lot and the Two Stories of the Flood
- Rashbam and Ibn Ezra
- What are Lavan's Terafim and Why did Rachel Steal Them?
- Rivka & Esther: Mirror Images
- Why King David Could Not Build the Temple, and When We Should
- Jerusalem's Dual Election by Avraham and David
- Our Father, Our King: The Difference Between Shirat Hayam and Shirat Ha’azinu
- The Key to Tanach: Haazinu and its Hidden Messages
- Meaning of the Omer, Counting, and Shavuot
- The Second Luchot and the Thirteen Middot
- The Five Fast Days of Tevet
- The David and Batsheva Episode
- An Unnatural Fault Line: Jerusalem
- Naomi - Heroine Behind the Scenes
- Yehuda - The Making of a Biblical Hero
- What Happened to the Three Day Festival
- Nechama Leibowitz's Teachings and Methodology
- Dreams and Dialogues in Shir Hashirim
- The Blasphemer (Bamidbar 15): The Emergence of a Jewish Humanism