Judaism (340-20300 & 344-20300) |
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Judaism (340-20300 & 344-20300) |
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top of page – “minyan ha-mitzvot” – list of the mitzvot (commandments) in this section of the biblical book of Leviticus
11 positive (“thou shalt”)
5 negative (“thou shalt not”)
middle of page
left: Targum Onkelos – Aramaic translation of the Bible
right: biblical text in Hebrew: “God called to Moses and said” (Lev. 1:1)
| top left: Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki), 1040-1105, whose academy was in Troyes, France. He also wrote an extensive commentary on the Talmud. | top right: Siftei Hokhamim – a commentary on Rashi’s commentary |
middle left: Abraham ibn Ezra (1092-1167), Spanish Jewish biblical commentator and philosopher. |
middle right: Ramban (Rabbi Moses ben Nachman), 12th century Spanish Talmudic scholar, biblical commentator, and kabbalist (Jewish mystic). He is also called Nachmanides. |
| bottom: Rabbi Ovadyah Sforno, Italian commentator (1475-1550) | |
Page from the Commentators’ Bible, a translation of the Mikraot Gedolot into English (by Michael Carasik, Jewish Publication Society, 2005)
The only commentator on this page not present on the Hebrew page example is Rashbam. This is an acronym for Rabbi Samuel ben Meir, one of the Tosafist commentators on the Talmud. He lived from 1085-1174 in Troyes, France. Rashbam's commentary to the Torah is distinguished by its scholarly objectivity in restricting itself to the plain, contextual meaning of the text without imposing the traditional Rabbinic interpretations. These often lead to interpretations that contradict the normative readings according to established Jewish law.
For a good web site on the Mikraot Gedolot, see Eliezer Segal’s site - http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/MG.html
This page maintained by: Rebecca Lesses
Last revised January 15, 2006