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Rashi
by Wiesel, Elie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805242546
- ISBN 13
- 9780805242546
- Seller
-
Boise, Idaho, United States
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About This Item
The story of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki the biblical and Talmudic commentator of the Middle Ages. Very good+ in fine dust jacket. Heel of spine lightly bumped, hence VG+ grade
Synopsis
From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi--Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki--the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of the Middle Ages. Wiesel brilliantly evokes the world of medieval European Jewry, a world of profound scholars and closed communities ravaged by outbursts of anti-Semitism and decimated by the Crusades. The incomparable scholar Rashi, whose phrase-by-phrase explication of the oral law has been included in every printing of the Talmud since the fifteenth century, was also a spiritual and religious leader: His perspective, encompassing both the mundane and the profound, is timeless.Wiesel's Rashi is a heartbroken witness to the suffering of his people, and through his responses to major religious questions of the day we see still another side of this greatest of all interpreters of the sacred writings. Both beginners and advanced students of the Bible rely on Rashi's groundbreaking commentary for simple text explanations and Midrashic interpretations. Wiesel, a descendant of Rashi, proves an incomparable guide who enables us to appreciate both the lucidity of Rashi's writings and the milieu in which they were formed.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Word Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1766
- Title
- Rashi
- Author
- Wiesel, Elie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805242546
- ISBN 13
- 9780805242546
- Publisher
- Schocken
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 107
- Size
- 7.75 X 5.25”
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About the Seller
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Boise, Idaho
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- Fine
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- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
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