PARSHANDATA: 'AL HAKHME TSARFAT MEFARSHE HA-MIKRA = PARSCHANDATHA; DIE NORDFRANZO¨SISCHE EXEGETENSCHULE; EIN BEITRAG ZUR GESCHICHTE DER BIBEL-EXEGESE UND DER JU¨DISCHEN LITERATUR
Leipzig; Leopold Schnauss / Hevrat Mahazike Hokhmat Yisra'el, 1855. Item #33827
Later wraps. 12mo. 54, 34 pages. 19 cm. First edition. In Hebrew and German. 'Parshandata: The North French Exegetical School; A Contribution to the History of Bible Exegesis and Jewish Literature. ' Studies in the history of exegesis, concentrating on Rashi and the school of tosafists of which Rashi was the founder. “Rashi's qualifications for his task, and even his faults, have made his commentaries on the Bible, particularly on the Pentateuch, especially suitable for general reading and edification, and have won for him the epithet of 'Parshandatha' (Esth. Ix. 7) , taken by some writers as 'parshan data' (= 'interpreter of the Law') . ” -1906 JE. Written by Abraham Geiger (1810–1874) , pioneer of the Wissenschaft des Judentums and founder of Reform Judaism. Subjects: Jewish learning and scholarship - History. Jews - France. Jewish learning and scholarship. Rashi. Jews. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. France. Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc. - History. Pages lightly foxed and lightly soiled, overall very clean and fresh. Good + condition. (GER-45-21).
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