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For Jewish interpretation of the text, she turns to Rashi (d. 1106), the most influential medieval Jewish Bible exegete, whose commentaries shaped both later Jewish and Christian exegesis, including the work of the Christian Hebraists Herbert of Bosham, Andrew of St
Compiled by Anselm of Laon, Ralph of Laon, and Gilbert of Auxerre, and based largely on earlier exegesis, the Glossa continued to develop during the twelfth century; about the middle of the twelfth century, Peter Lombard framed his biblical exegesis as a continuation of the Glossa
Rashi lived in a Christian culture in northern France and was aware of some Christian doctrines, Schoenfeld acknowledges that “there is no evidence that Rashi read Latin or read Christian biblical exegesis” (p. 4)
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Rashi lived in a Christian culture in northern France and was aware of some Christian doctrines, Schoenfeld acknowledges that “there is no evidence that Rashi read Latin or read Christian biblical exegesis” (p. 4). REVIEW Devorah Schoenfeld Isaac on Jewish & Christian Altars: Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria (New York: Fordham University Press, 2013), hardcover, ix + 229. Devorah Schoenfeld’s brief book treats twelfth-century Jewish and Christian exegesis of a single biblical text, Abraham’s nearsacrifice of his son Isaac in Genesis 22.
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