Leviticus, Numbers (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)

Leviticus, Numbers (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)
Author: W. H. Jr. Bellinger
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441238417

The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps any reader navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of critical methodologies and practices, yet they do so as people of faith who hold the text in the highest regard. Pastors, teachers, and lay people alike will cherish the easily understandable truth found in this commentary series.

Rashi's Commentary on Psalms

Rashi's Commentary on Psalms
Author: Mayer I. Gruber
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
Total Pages: 927
Release: 2007-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0827608721

In 2004, Mayer Gruber?s landmark Rashi?s Commentary on Psalms made one of the 11th-century scholar?s most important works accessible to a larger audience for the first time. The JPS paperback edition of this exceptional volume includes the complete original Hebrew text and acclaimed linguist Mayer Gruber?s contemporary English translation and supercommentary. Fully annotated by Gruber, Rashi?s Commentary on Psalms places Rashi, the most influential Hebrew biblical commentator of all time, in the larger context of biblical exegesis. Gruber identifies Rashi?s sources, pinpoints the exegetical questions to which Rashi responds, defines the nuances of Rashi?s terminology, and guides the reader to use the English translation as a tool to access the original Hebrew text. Gruber?s extensive introduction takes a critical look at Rashi and his enduring legacy.

Leviticus-Numbers

Leviticus-Numbers
Author: Clyde M. Woods
Publisher: College Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780899008783

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Author: Michael Carasik
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0827608977

First published 500 years ago as the “Rabbinic Bible,” the biblical commentaries known as Miqra’ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew readers. With this edition, the voices of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Nahmanides, Rashbam, and other medieval Bible commentators come alive once more, speaking in a contemporary English translation annotated and explicated for lay readers. Each page of this second volume in The Commentators’ Bible series contains several verses from the Book of Leviticus, surrounded by both the 1917 and 1985 JPS translations, and by new contemporary English translations of the major commentators. The book also includes an introduction, a glossary of terms, a list of names used in the text, notes on source texts, a special topics list, and resources for further study. This large-format volume is beautifully designed for easy navigation among the many elements on each page, including explanatory notes and selected additional comments from the works of Bekhor Shor, Hizkuni, Abarbanel, Sforno, Gersonides, and others.

The Challenge of Received Tradition

The Challenge of Received Tradition
Author: Naomi Grunhaus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199858403

This book analyzes the consistent ways Radak (R. David Kimhi, c. 1160-1232) juxtaposes plain, contextual exegesis (peshat) within his biblical commentaries alongside ancient modes of rabbinic interpretation (derash). In addition, the book explores his criteria for challenging rabbinic teachings, both in narrative and legal contexts.