Shadal on Exodus: Samuel David Luzzatto’s Interpretation of

Shadal on Exodus: Samuel David Luzzatto’s Interpretation of the Book of Shemot (Shadal on the Torah)

Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal, was the leading Italian Jewish scholar of the 19th century. A linguist, educator, and religious thinker, he devoted his talents above all to the interpretation of the Bible. As a master of Hebrew grammar and usage, he focused on the plain meaning of the text. Although he was a devout believer in the divinity, unity, and antiquity of the Torah, Shadal approached the text in a remarkably free spirit of inquiry, drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ancient and contemporary, Jewish and non-Jewish. As a result, his interpretations may strike even the modern reader as fresh and novel. Among the highlights of Shadalâ€™s Exodus (Shemot) commentary are his view of the Ten Plagues as nature-based phenomena that nevertheless contained supranatural qualities, his discerning literary analysis of the Song of the Sea, and his daring willingnessâ€”despite his acceptance of rabbinic halakhah in practiceâ€”to look behind the Rabbisâ€™ interpretation of the bookâ€™s legal sections and examine their literal meanings. Shadalâ€™s treatment of Exodus, as well as the other books of the Torah, consisted of his Italian translation of the text and his Hebrew-language commentary. Here, for the first time, is an all-English version of both the text translation and the unabridged commentary, the first complete edition of Shadalâ€™s Exodus since its original publication in 1872. The translator-editor has supplied explanatory notes and a list identifying the sources cited.
Country USA
Manufacturer Kodesh Press
Binding Paperback
EANs 9780692522066
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Kodesh Press
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9780692522066
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Shadal on Exodus: Samuel David Luzzatto’s Interpretation of the Book of Shemot (Shadal on the Torah)

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