Rabbi Samuel Ben Meir (Rashbam): A Short Bio

Structures such as ABBA or ABCBA.

 See the discussion of the accurate text of Rashbam’s comment to Num. 22:1 in the editions of his commentary that I edited, listed at the end of the article.

 These principles in Rashbam’s commentary will be fleshed out in later posts on TABS; this piece is meant as a general introduction (ed.).

 This principle of Rashbam and the opposition it encountered in the person and commentary of Ibn Ezra will be dealt with in detail by Rabbi Dr. Zev Farber in a different post. (ed.)