Nov 8, 2014 By: admin
Haifa Professor Yeshayahu Maori, a many-time visiting professor at Revel, just published an article on Rashi based on his talk at the Revel Symposium on Parshanut ha-Miqra this past January. Appearing in the Israeli academic journal 厂丑补鈥檃苍补苍, this study focuses on Sefer ha-Zikkaron, a supercommentary on Rashi by R. Avraham Bakrat, who settled in Algiers after the 1492 expulsion from Spain. Maori presents Bakrat鈥檚 theory regarding Rashi鈥檚 motives in incorporating midrash into his commentaries鈥攏otwithstanding his stated peshat agenda.
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