The Anxiety of Influence”
Rashbam's Approach to Rashi's Commentary on the Torah
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12013293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eran Viezel (0000-0002-8497-0893, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 279-303 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AJS Review The Journal of the Association for Jewish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0364-0094 • E-ISSN: 1475-4541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0364009416000428 |
| OpenAlex | W2555663791 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Rashbam's approach to Rashi's commentary on the Torah is characterized by contrasts: originality and continuity, independence and dependence, open admiration and flagrant aggression. Scholars have clarified various aspects of this complex stance, yet their analyses do not provide a comprehensive explanation for it. This article argues that Rashbam's approach to Rashi's commentary is not based on methodological principles alone, but also includes an emotional element that is in part unconscious. To analyze these complex emotional elements of the text, the article uses a theoretical model that demonstrates that the ambivalence reflected in the text is not unusual, and in fact can be found in relationships between other writers— “the anxiety of influence,” as formulated by Harold Bloom. This conclusion sheds new light on Rashbam's commentary, including several of its more well-known passages
Admiration · Ambivalence · Anxiety · Creativity · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory · Judaism · Originality · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Torah · Unconscious mind · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Law · Mathematics · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scholarly Writings
From misprision to travesty. Harold Bloom's use of rabbinic sources
The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages
The Secret of the Popularity of Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah
Ibn Ezra in England
The Relationship between the Torah Commentaries Composed by R. Abraham Ibn Ezra in France and the Significance of this Relationship for the Biographical Chronology of the Commentator
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |