Rashis Commentary On Psalms

In 2004, Mayer Gruber?s landmark Rashi?s Commentary on Psalms made one of the 11th-century scholar?s most important works accessible to a larger audience for the first time. The JPS paperback edition of this exceptional volume includes the complete original Hebrew text and acclaimed linguist Mayer Gruber?s contemporary English translation and supercommentary. Fully annotated by Gruber, Rashi?s Commentary on Psalms places Rashi, the most influential Hebrew biblical commentator of all time, in the larger context of biblical exegesis. Gruber identifies Rashi?s sources, pinpoints the exegetical questions to which Rashi responds, defines the nuances of Rashi?s terminology, and guides the reader to use the English translation as a tool to access the original Hebrew text. Gruber?s extensive introduction takes a critical look at Rashi and his enduring legacy.

Contains the complete Hebrew text of Rashi's (1040-1105) commentary transcribed from the Vienna Hebrew manuscript 220, considered one of the most reliable; a fully annotated translation into modern idiomatic English; and a 40-page introduction to the work and the author. Also argues that the scholar from Troyes in northern France, whose name is an acronym for Rabbi Soloman son of Isaac, was in fact born in 1030. The Hebrew version is appended to the English, which includes both hints to meaning within the text itself and extensive footnotes explaining Rashi's sources and interpretations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Brilliant commentary on the most cherished book of the Bible