BJSN 602 Medieval Biblical Exegesis (Annual) ( Credits)
A systematic and comparative study of the exegetical methods of medieval Jewish Bible commentators, including Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Radak, Nahmanides, and Gersonides. Attention is paid to exegesis as a mirror of intellectual history.
BJSN 603 Studies in Sixteenth-Eighteenth Century Biblical Commentaries (Biennial) ( Credits)
A systematic, comparative study of the exegetical methods of Abarbanel, Sforno, Rabbi Hayyim ibn Attar and Rabbi Elijah Gaon of Vilna.
BJSN 604 Studies in Nineteenth-Twentieth Century Biblical Commentaries (Biennial) ( Credits)
A systematic, comparative study of the exegetical methods of R. Kalonymus Kalman Epstein, Malbim, R. Jacob Zevi Meklenburg, Neziv, R. David Zevi Hoffman and R. Meir Simcha ha-Kohen.\n
BJSN 610 Chronology and Context in Medieval Biblical Exegesis (Upon Request) ( Credits)
An examination of issues concerning the chronological order of Biblical events and the juxtaposition of sections in the Torah, as analyzed by medieval Biblical exegetes. Attention to differences in emphasis and approach between midrashic literature and medieval commentaries.
BJSN 604-01 Studies in Nineteenth-Twentieth Century Biblical Commentaries (Biennial) ( Credits)
A systematic, comparative study of the exegetical methods of R. Kalonymus Kalman Epstein, Malbim, R. Jacob Zevi Meklenburg, Neziv, R. David Zevi Hoffman and R. Meir Simcha ha-Kohen.\n
BJSN 602-01 Medieval Biblical Exegesis (Annual) ( Credits)
A systematic and comparative study of the exegetical methods of medieval Jewish Bible commentators, including Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Radak, Nahmanides, and Gersonides. Attention is paid to exegesis as a mirror of intellectual history.
BJSN 603-01 Studies in Sixteenth-Eighteenth Century Biblical Commentaries (Biennial) ( Credits)
A systematic, comparative study of the exegetical methods of Abarbanel, Sforno, Rabbi Hayyim ibn Attar and Rabbi Elijah Gaon of Vilna.
