The Chumash: The Stone Edition, Full Size The Torah: Haftaros and Five Megillos with a Commentary Anthologized from the Rabbinic Writings – June 1, 1993 Author: Visit Amazon's Nosson Scherman Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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The Chumash: The Stone Edition, Full Size The Torah: Haftaros and Five Megillos with a Commentary Anthologized from the Rabbinic Writings – June 1, 1993 Description
- Hardcover: 1339 pages
- Publisher: Mesorah Pubns Ltd (June 1, 1993)
- Language: English, Hebrew
- ISBN-10: 0899060145
- ISBN-13: 978-0899060149
- Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.1 x 1.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
In looking over the reviews of this uniformly excellent volume, I find that there is some misinformation which should be corrected for the sake of potential buyers.
The idea that this translation is "biased" toward Rashi is, frankly, laughable.
Where is the evidence for this claim? In the admittedly "extensive and well-researched commentary"?
Glancing over the commentary from last week's parsha (Vayigash) I find citations from the following sources among others: Ibn Ezra; Rambam; R. Avraham ben HaRambam; Ramban; R. Hirsch; R. Menachem Mendel of Kotzk; R. Bachya; R. Shlomo Ashtruc; Sforno; the Chafetz Chaim; R. Munk; R. Yosef Dov Solovetchik; R. Yaakov Kamenetzky; R. David Feinstein (not to mention the Zohar and other traditional texts cited by title rather than by author). Even this is not a complete list, and it is just silly to say that the commentary is "not reflective of the variety that is present within the tradition of rabbinic Judaism."
Nor would it even be correct to say that Rashi's interpretation is given precedence over others' (as would be expected if the translation were controlled by his commentaries). At 45:1, for example, the commentary cites three interpretations, one each from Rashi, Rashbam, and Ramban, without attempting to adjudicate between them. At 46:15 the commentary cites Rashi, then Ibn Ezra's contrary reading, then Ramban's disagreement with Ibn Ezra. And so forth.
Of course Rashi is cited fairly often, as are other solidly tradition-based writers who have written extensive commentaries on the text (i.e., those who are said to be "acceptable [from] a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) point of view," to those whom our friend regards as "religious extremists").
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