Rashi

Rashi is a medieval French rabbi who offers an eloquent interpretation that is rather similar to the one given by the biblical Job.

Matthew Yglesias » Is The Universe a Hologram? Should We Care? 2010

Thats when a venerated French rabbi known as Rashi wrote an extensive Talmudic commentary about a third-century parable from Babylonian mystic Rabbah bar-bar Hannah.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

Shlomo ben Yitzhak (c. 1040 – 1105), better known as Rashi, had three daughters and no sons.

Learned Women in Traditional Jewish Society. 2009

Thats when a venerated French rabbi known as Rashi wrote an extensive Talmudic commentary about a third-century parable from Babylonian mystic Rabbah bar-bar Hannah.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

Solomon ben Isaac, called Rashi (born 1040) wrote very popular explanations of the Talmud and the Bible.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Some say that Rashi taught from this niche, and a seat in it, raised on three steps, called the Rashi Chair, is still pointed out.

Rashi Liber, Maurice 1906

Solomon ben Isaac, called Rashi, the great exegete, was looked up to as an authority by others beside his brethren in faith.

Jewish Literature and Other Essays Gustav Karpeles 1878

There are standard medieval commentaries such as Rashi and other Rishonim as part of their commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, Maimonides in his commentary on the Mishnah, and later commentators Obadiah of Bertinoro (c. 1450 – before 1516) and Tosefot Yom Tov (Yom Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller, 1579 – 1654).

Niddah, Tractate. leBeit Yoreh 2009

Such figurative readings continued into the Middle Ages, in the work of rabbis such as Rashi, Maimonides and Gersonides, and some Christian theologians such as Nicholas of Lyra.

Rescuing Darwin, rescuing Genesis Burke's Corner 2009

Such figurative readings continued into the Middle Ages, in the work of rabbis such as Rashi, Maimonides and Gersonides, and some Christian theologians such as Nicholas of Lyra.

Archive 2009-02-01 Burke's Corner 2009