Medieval Interpretation

Approaches to the Bible among the Medieval exegetes

Maimonides

The Secret of the Ma’aseh Merkava According to Maimonides

The Secret of the Ma’aseh Merkava According to Maimonides

Dr. Daniel Davies

Torah Narratives with Angels Never Actually Happened: Heretical or Sublime?

Torah Narratives with Angels Never Actually Happened: Heretical or Sublime?

Prof. Rabbi David Frankel

Were Maimonides and Some of His Followers Orthoprax?

Were Maimonides and Some of His Followers Orthoprax?

Prof. Haim (Howard) Kreisel

Ibn Ezra

Authorship of the Torah: The Position of Ibn Ezra and Yehuda HaChasid

Authorship of the Torah: The Position of Ibn Ezra and Yehuda HaChasid

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

Editorial Comments in the Opening Chapters of Deuteronomy

Editorial Comments in the Opening Chapters of Deuteronomy

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

The Significance of Ibn Ezra’s Position that Verses Were Added to the Torah

The Significance of Ibn Ezra’s Position that Verses Were Added to the Torah

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

Can a False Prophet Perform Miracles?

Can a False Prophet Perform Miracles?

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

Seven Torah Passages of Non-Mosaic Origin According to Ibn Ezra and R. Joseph Bonfils

Seven Torah Passages of Non-Mosaic Origin According to Ibn Ezra and R. Joseph Bonfils

Title Staff Editors

Two Versions of the Decalogue: Ibn Ezra’s Non-Explanation

Two Versions of the Decalogue: Ibn Ezra’s Non-Explanation

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

Rashbam

Whom May a Kohen Gadol Marry?

Whom May a Kohen Gadol Marry?

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

Can the Torah Contradict Halacha?

Can the Torah Contradict Halacha?

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

Who Said All Is Futile?

Who Said All Is Futile?

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

Can a False Prophet Perform Miracles?

Can a False Prophet Perform Miracles?

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

Yehuda HaChasid

Authorship of the Torah: The Position of Ibn Ezra and Yehuda HaChasid

Authorship of the Torah: The Position of Ibn Ezra and Yehuda HaChasid

Rabbi Yuval Cherlow

The Song of the Well, Psalm 136, Was Removed from the Torah

The Song of the Well, Psalm 136, Was Removed from the Torah

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

When Moses Placed Ephraim Before Manasseh

When Moses Placed Ephraim Before Manasseh

Prof. Baruch J. Schwartz

Edomite Kings List: Is It Post-Mosaic?

Edomite Kings List: Is It Post-Mosaic?

Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber

Bekhor Shor

The Torah Is Not an Allegory

The Torah Is Not an Allegory

Prof. Rabbi Shaye J. D. Cohen

The Double Quail Narratives and Bekhor Shor’s Innovative Reading

The Double Quail Narratives and Bekhor Shor’s Innovative Reading

Prof. Jonathan Jacobs

Moses Strikes the Rock in Exodus and Numbers: One Story or Two?

Moses Strikes the Rock in Exodus and Numbers: One Story or Two?

Prof. Jonathan Jacobs

Ralbag

Ralbag’s Surprising Take on Ruth's Conversion

Ralbag’s Surprising Take on Ruth's Conversion

Prof. Menachem Kellner

Gersonides’ Scientific Interpretation of the Tabernacle

Gersonides’ Scientific Interpretation of the Tabernacle

Prof. Menachem Kellner

Rashi

Does Rashi’s Torah Commentary Respond to Christianity?

Does Rashi’s Torah Commentary Respond to Christianity?

Dr. Yedida Eisenstat

Tikkunei Soferim and the Ironic Emendation of Rashi’s Interpretation

Tikkunei Soferim and the Ironic Emendation of Rashi’s Interpretation

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

Rashi on the Torah: What Kind of Commentary Is It?

Rashi on the Torah: What Kind of Commentary Is It?

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin

On the Origins of Peshat Commentary

On the Origins of Peshat Commentary

Prof. Rabbi Robert Harris

Rashi’s Revolutionary Commentary Deviates from Midrash, Why?

Rashi’s Revolutionary Commentary Deviates from Midrash, Why?

Prof. Rabbi Mordechai Z. Cohen

R. Nissim of Marseilles

Moses’ Commandments: The Secret of R. Nissim of Marseilles

Moses’ Commandments: The Secret of R. Nissim of Marseilles

Prof. Rabbi David Frankel

Ibn Kaspi

Did Moses Become Celibate?

Did Moses Become Celibate?

Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin