Rashi's Commentary on Psalms
Biographical note
Mayer I. Gruber, Ph.D. (1977) in Ancient Semitic Languages & Literatures, Columbia University, and Rabbinic Ordination from Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1970, is Associate Professor in the Department of Bible & Ancient Near East at Ben-Gurion University. His publications include Aspects of Nonverbal Communication in the Ancient Near East (Biblical Institute Press, 1980) and The Motherhood of God and Other Studies (Scholars Press, 1992).
Reviews
'...gain entrance to the world of Rashi via a wide-ranging introduction and a thorough explication of one of his most important commentaries. The added bonus is Gruber's erudite philological treatment of many lexical difficulties in Psalms.'
Isaac Gottlieb, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
Isaac Gottlieb, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
Table of contents
Introduction
I. Rashi’s Life: An Overview
II. Rashi’s School and Disciples
III. The Viticulture Question
IV. Rashi’s Literary Output
A. Rashi’s Liturgical Poetry
B. Rashi’s Exegetical Compositions
1. Rashi’s Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud
a. The Scope of Rashi’s Commentary on the Talmud
b. The Characteristics of Rashi’s Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud
c. The Problem of Rashi’s “Editions” of his Talmud Commentary
2. Rashi’s Biblical Commentaries
a. Their Scope
b. Pseudo-Rashi on Chronicles
c. Pseudo-Rashi on Ezra-Nehemiah
3. Rashi’s Commentaries on Liturgical Poetry
C. Rashi’s Responsa
D. Rashi as Storyteller
V. Rashi as ‘Parshandatha’
VI. The Importance of Rashi’s Commentary on Psalms
VII. The Method and Purpose of the Present Translations and Notes
a. The Method
b. The Lemmas
c. The Purpose
VIII. Synonymous Parallelism in Rashi’s Exegesis
IX. Previous Studies
X. The Choice of a Hebrew Text
RASHI’S INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALTER IN ENGLISH WITH NOTES
RASHI’S COMMENTARY ON PSALMS IN ENGLISH WITH NOTES
Bibliography
HEBREW SECTION
Foreword to Hebrew Section
Abbreviations Employed in the Manuscript
Hebrew Text of Rashi’s Commentary on Psalms
Appendix: Hebrew Text of Commentary on Psalms
Attributed to Rashi in the Second Rabbinic Bible
Indices
1. Index of Biblical Sources
2. Index of Ancient Biblical Manuscripts and Versions
3. Index of Rabbinic Sources
4. Index of Other Ancient and Medieval Authorities
5. Index of Medieval Manuscripts
6. Index of Modern Authorities
7. Index of Subjects and Terms
I. Rashi’s Life: An Overview
II. Rashi’s School and Disciples
III. The Viticulture Question
IV. Rashi’s Literary Output
A. Rashi’s Liturgical Poetry
B. Rashi’s Exegetical Compositions
1. Rashi’s Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud
a. The Scope of Rashi’s Commentary on the Talmud
b. The Characteristics of Rashi’s Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud
c. The Problem of Rashi’s “Editions” of his Talmud Commentary
2. Rashi’s Biblical Commentaries
a. Their Scope
b. Pseudo-Rashi on Chronicles
c. Pseudo-Rashi on Ezra-Nehemiah
3. Rashi’s Commentaries on Liturgical Poetry
C. Rashi’s Responsa
D. Rashi as Storyteller
V. Rashi as ‘Parshandatha’
VI. The Importance of Rashi’s Commentary on Psalms
VII. The Method and Purpose of the Present Translations and Notes
a. The Method
b. The Lemmas
c. The Purpose
VIII. Synonymous Parallelism in Rashi’s Exegesis
IX. Previous Studies
X. The Choice of a Hebrew Text
RASHI’S INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALTER IN ENGLISH WITH NOTES
RASHI’S COMMENTARY ON PSALMS IN ENGLISH WITH NOTES
Bibliography
HEBREW SECTION
Foreword to Hebrew Section
Abbreviations Employed in the Manuscript
Hebrew Text of Rashi’s Commentary on Psalms
Appendix: Hebrew Text of Commentary on Psalms
Attributed to Rashi in the Second Rabbinic Bible
Indices
1. Index of Biblical Sources
2. Index of Ancient Biblical Manuscripts and Versions
3. Index of Rabbinic Sources
4. Index of Other Ancient and Medieval Authorities
5. Index of Medieval Manuscripts
6. Index of Modern Authorities
7. Index of Subjects and Terms
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