Table Of ContentIsaac on
Jewish and
Christian
Altars
Polemic and Exegesis
in Rashi and the
Glossa Ordinaria
Devorah Schoenfeld
Fordham University Press
New York 2013
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
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Schoenfeld, Devorah.
Isaac on Jewish and Christian altars : polemic
and exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa ordinaria /
Devorah Schoenfeld. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Fordham series in medieval studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0- 8232- 4349- 5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Isaac (Biblical patriarch)— Sacrifice. 2. Bible.
O.T. Genesis XXII, 1– 19— Criticism, interpretation,
etc. 3. Rashi, 1040– 1105. Perush Rashi ‘al ha- Torah.
4. Glossa ordinaria. 5. Judaism—C ontroversial
literature— History and criticism. I. Title.
BS1238.S24S36 2013
222'.11092— dc23 2012003481
Printed in the United States of America
15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1
First edition
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-i n- Publication Data
Schoenfeld, Devorah.
Isaac on Jewish and Christian altars : polemic
and exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa ordinaria /
Devorah Schoenfeld. — 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Fordham series in medieval studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0- 8232- 4349- 5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Isaac (Biblical patriarch)— Sacrifice. 2. Bible.
O.T. Genesis XXII, 1– 19— Criticism, interpretation,
etc. 3. Rashi, 1040– 1105. Perush Rashi ‘al ha- Torah.
4. Glossa ordinaria. 5. Judaism—C ontroversial
literature— History and criticism. I. Title.
BS1238.S24S36 2013
222'.11092— dc23 2012003481
Printed in the United States of America
15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1
First edition
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
E-book, New York, New York: Fordham University Press, 2012, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb33415.0001.001.
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Contents
Acknowledgments / vii
Notes on Format / ix
Introduction / 1
1. The Developing Jewish– Christian Polemic / 14
2. Rashi and His Sources / 31
3. The Sources and Manuscript Evolution of the
Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22 / 61
4. Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic, Faith, and
Sacrifice in Rashi and the Gloss on Genesis 22 / 88
Appendixes
A. A Critical Edition of the Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22:
Overview of Existing Editions of the Gloss and Rationale
for Present Edition / 124
B. Major Manuscript Variants in Rashi’s Commentary on
Genesis 22: Existing Editions and Rationale for Present
Edition / 164
Notes / 174
Bibliography / 207
Index / 223
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
E-book, New York, New York: Fordham University Press, 2012, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb33415.0001.001.
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Contents
Acknowledgments / vii
Notes on Format / ix
Introduction / 1
1. The Developing Jewish– Christian Polemic / 14
2. Rashi and His Sources / 31
3. The Sources and Manuscript Evolution of the
Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22 / 61
4. Isaac on Jewish and Christian Altars: Polemic, Faith, and
Sacrifice in Rashi and the Gloss on Genesis 22 / 88
Appendixes
A. A Critical Edition of the Glossa Ordinaria on Genesis 22:
Overview of Existing Editions of the Gloss and Rationale
for Present Edition / 124
B. Major Manuscript Variants in Rashi’s Commentary on
Genesis 22: Existing Editions and Rationale for Present
Edition / 164
Notes / 174
Bibliography / 207
Index / 223
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
E-book, New York, New York: Fordham University Press, 2012, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb33415.0001.001.
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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to the many people whose help went into the making of this
book. Foremost, I would like to thank Christopher Ocker for his guidance
throughout my research. I continue to be grateful for his advice and men-
torship. No less do I thank Daniel Boyarin and Arthur Holder for their con-
tributions. At different stages, this project also benefited from the help and
wise guidance of David Biale, Sergey Dolgopolski, Robert Harris, Frank-
lin Harkins, Joshua Holo, Naomi Janowitz, Daniel Joslyn- Siemiatkoski,
Deanna Klepper, Lesley Smith, and Mark Zier.
I am also grateful to Kristina Grob, Michele Johnson, Yonah Lavery-
Yisraeli, and Garrett Smith for their editorial and translation help, and to
Will Cerbone and Eric Newman at Fordham University Press for the work
they did in preparing this book for publication.
Some of the manuscript research for this book was conducted at the
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford and supported by
a grant from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Manuscripts were consulted
at the Bodleian Museum in Oxford, and microfilms were consulted at the
Institute for Microfilmed Manuscripts at Hebrew University and at the Hill
Museum and Manuscript Library, which supported me in residence as a
Heckman Fellow.
My deepest thanks go to Michael Signer, who believed in this project
but did not live to see it published. This book is dedicated to his memory.
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
E-book, New York, New York: Fordham University Press, 2012, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb33415.0001.001.
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Acknowledgments
I am grateful to the many people whose help went into the making of this
book. Foremost, I would like to thank Christopher Ocker for his guidance
throughout my research. I continue to be grateful for his advice and men-
torship. No less do I thank Daniel Boyarin and Arthur Holder for their con-
tributions. At different stages, this project also benefited from the help and
wise guidance of David Biale, Sergey Dolgopolski, Robert Harris, Frank-
lin Harkins, Joshua Holo, Naomi Janowitz, Daniel Joslyn- Siemiatkoski,
Deanna Klepper, Lesley Smith, and Mark Zier.
I am also grateful to Kristina Grob, Michele Johnson, Yonah Lavery-
Yisraeli, and Garrett Smith for their editorial and translation help, and to
Will Cerbone and Eric Newman at Fordham University Press for the work
they did in preparing this book for publication.
Some of the manuscript research for this book was conducted at the
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford and supported by
a grant from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Manuscripts were consulted
at the Bodleian Museum in Oxford, and microfilms were consulted at the
Institute for Microfilmed Manuscripts at Hebrew University and at the Hill
Museum and Manuscript Library, which supported me in residence as a
Heckman Fellow.
My deepest thanks go to Michael Signer, who believed in this project
but did not live to see it published. This book is dedicated to his memory.
Schoenfeld, Devorah. Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars: Plemic and Exegesis In Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria.
E-book, New York, New York: Fordham University Press, 2012, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb33415.0001.001.
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Notes on Format
For ease of identification, I have assigned each comment from Rashi and the
Gloss a unique number. (This numbering system was suggested by Mark
Zier in conversation.) I have numbered the comments as (verse number).
(comment number). So, for example, Rashi’s second comment on the first
verse of Genesis 22 is comment 1.2. For Gloss comments, I have added an
i for interlinear glosses and an m for marginal comments. Comment 3.2i
would thus be the second interlinear gloss on verse three of Genesis 22.
Because this study is on Genesis 22, I have often omitted the chapter num-
ber, so the full citation of comment 3.2i should be understood to be 22.3.2i.
Here I have omitted the chapter number as unnecessary.
Gloss numberings follow Codex Admontensis 251 (manuscript A), to
make it possible to find my references in the attached edition. This is even
the case when A is nonrepresentative. For example, the comment by Al-
cuin that begins caritatis admonitione is identified throughout as 2.1i, even
though it is marginal in almost all manuscripts aside from A.
For ease of identification, I have bolded all biblical verses.
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