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The Reception of Rashi's Commentary on the Torah in Spain: The Case of Adam's Mating with the Animals
- E. Lawee
- Political Science
- 1 March 2007
W HILE R ASHI ’ S B IBLICAL C OMMENTARY has profited from extensive and more or less uninterrupted scholarly inquiry, 1 considerably less attention has been devoted to the varied reactions over the…
“Israel Has No Messiah” in Late Medieval Spain
- E. Lawee
- Psychology
- 1996
Rabbinic messianic dicta presented medieval Jewish scholars with unique problems and special opportunities. Like other nonlegal exegetical (midrashic) and non-exegetical (aggadic) rabbinic…
Rashi's Commentary on the Torah
- E. Lawee
- Art
- 7 May 2019
Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah explores the reception history of the most important Jewish Bible commentary ever composed, the Commentary on the Torah of Rashi (Shlomo Yitzhaki, 1040–1105). The…
Isaac Abarbanel's Stance Toward Tradition: Defense, Dissent, and Dialogue
- E. Lawee
- Psychology
- 20 September 2001
Hans Jonas and Classical Jewish Sources: New Dimensions
- E. Lawee
- Art
- 30 January 2015
There is growing interest in the Jewish dimensions of the life and thought of Hans Jonas, a twentieth-century philosopher whose increasingly influential teachings address some of the most vexing…
The ways of Midrash in the biblical commentaries of Isaac Abarbanel
- E. Lawee
- History
- 1996
The prolific and versatile theologian and exegete, Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508), produced a rich corpus of biblical commentaries which, among other things, is remarkable for the creative and…
From Sepharad to Ashkenaz: A Case Study in the Rashi Supercommentary Tradition
- E. Lawee
- ArtAJS Review
- 27 October 2006
Though much has been done in the past half century to clarify boundaries and crossing points on the religious-intellectual maps of “Ashkenaz” and “Sepharad,” a large body of evidence that advances…
On the Threshold of the Renaissance: New Methods and Sensibilities in the Biblical Commentaries of Isaac Abarbanel
- E. Lawee
- History
- 1995
"On the Threshold of the Renaissance: New Methods and Sensibilities in the Biblical Commentaries of Isaac Abarbanel." Isaac Abarbanel, celebrated scholar, financier, and leader of Spanish Jewrv at…
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