Rashbam: Parallel Play (Beshallach)
Biblical poetry works primarily with parallelism. Rabbinic commentary mostly ignores this formal quality of biblical language, but not Rashbam!
Biblical poetry works primarily with parallelism. Rabbinic commentary mostly ignores this formal quality of biblical language, but not Rashbam!
While learning more about the Rashbam, I stumbled on this short article from a few years ago. It’s entitled, “The…
Jacob, returning home after twenty years in Haran, hears his brother Esau is approaching with 400 men. Frightened, he quickly…
Listen to More Midrash on Soundcloud, or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. The Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 68:6 “Jacob departed” (Genesis 28:10). Did no one depart…
Listen to More Midrash on Soundcloud, or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher. The Midrash Bereishit Rabbah 63:6 Biblical Story: Isaac pleaded with Adonai…