Rashi's Commentary on Psalms (Brill Reference Library of Judaism)

933 Pages·2004·48.69 MB·English

by  Mayer I. Gruber

RASHI'S COMMENTARY ON PSALMS
THE BRILL REFERENCE LIBRARY
OF JUDAISM
Editors
J. NEUSNER (Bard College) — H. BASSER {Queens University)
A.J. AVERY-PECK (College of the Holy Cross) — Wm.S. GREEN (University of
Rochester) ־ G. STEMBERGER (University of Vienna) - I. GRUENWALD
{Tel Aviv University) M.I. GRUBER {Ben-Gurion University of theNegev)
G.G. PORTON {University of Illinois) - ). FAUR (Bar Ran University)
VOLUME 18
' 6 8 ׳V
RASHFS COMMENTARY
ON PSALMS
BY
MAYER L GRUBER
' / 6 8 ל י
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON
2004
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rashi, 1040-1105.
[Perush Rashi le-sefer Tehilim. English & Hebrew]
Rashi's commentary on Psalms / by Mayer Gruber.
p. cm. — (The Brill reference library of Judaism. ISSN 1571-5000 ; v. 18)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 90-04-13251-1 (alk. paper)
1. Bible, O.T. Psalms—Commentaries—Early works to 1800.1. Gruber, Mayer I.
(Mayer Irwin) II. Tide. III. Series.
BS1429.R3713 2003
223'.207—dc22
2003065431
ISSN 1571-5000
ISBN 90 04 132511
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Abbreviations x
Preface xiv
Introduction 1
I. Rashi's Life: An Overview 1
II. Rashi's School and Disciples 11
III. The Viticulture Question 23
IV. Rashi's Literary Output 29
A. Rashi's Liturgical Poetry 29
B. Rashi's Exegetical Compositions 38
1. Rashi's Commentary on the Babylonian
Talmud 38
a. The Scope of Rashi's Commentary on the
Talmud 38
b. The Characteristics of Rashi's Commentary
on the Babylonian Talmud 45
c. The Problem of Rashi's "Editions" of his
Talmud Commentary 50
2. Rashi's Biblical Commentaries
a. Their Scope 52
b. Pseudo-Rashi on Chronicles 63
c. Pseudo-Rashi on Ezra-Nehemiah 69
3. Rashi's Commentaries on Liturgical Poetry .... 75
C. Rashi's Responsa 85
D. Rashi as Storyteller 106
V. Rashi as 'Parshandatha' 116
VI. The Importance of Rashi's Commentary on Psalms 127
VII. The Method and Purpose of the Present Translations
and Notes 136
a. The Method 136
b. The Lemmas 147
c. The Purpose 148
VIII. Synonymous Parallelism in Rashi's Exegesis 150
IX. Previous Studies 155
X. The Choice of a Hebrew Text 158
RASHI'S INTRODUCTION TO THE PSALTER IN
ENGLISH WITH NOTES 165
RASHI'S COMMENTARY ON PSALMS IN ENGLISH
WITH NOTES 171
Bibliography 765
HEBREW SECTION 797
Foreword to Hebrew Section 801
Abbreviations Employed in the Manuscript 807
Hebrew Text of Rashi's Commentary on Psalms 809
Appendix: Hebrew Text of Commentary on Psalm
Attributed to Rashi in the Second Rabbinic Bible 811
Indices 863
1. Index of Biblical Sources 865
2. Index of Ancient Biblical Manuscripts and Versions 893
3. Index of Rabbinic Sources 894
4. Index of Other Ancient and Medieval Authorities 901
5. Index of Medieval Manuscripts 904
6. Index of Modern Authorities 905
7. Index of Subjects and Terms 913