Rashi's Commentary on Psalms, volume 1, Psalms 1-89 (books I-III)

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

MAYER I. GRUBER (ed.), Rashi's Commentary on Psalms. Volume 1, Psalms 1-89 (Books I-III). With English translation, introduction, and notes (South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 161; Atlanta: Scholars, 1998). Pp. xiv + 448 [+ x + 48 (Hebrew)]. $89.95.

Rashi is the acronym (rsy) for Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki, Rabbi Solomon son of Isaac, the famous eleventh-century Jewish exegete from Troyes in northern France. It is said that his commentary on the Psalms is surpassed only by his commentary on Genesis. The editor-translator has provided a brief vita, a survey of the manuscripts, and a ...

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