Rashi and the First Crusade

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Title Rashi and the First Crusade : commentary, liturgy, legend.
Contributors Gevaryahu, Gilad Jacob Joseph
Original Library/publisher ‪‎ליקוטי צבי
Likute Zvi, [by] Harvey Sicherman. Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press, 2013
Host Item Judaism
a Journal of Jewish Life & Thought 48,2 (1999) 181-197
Description Demonstrates that Rashi (1040-1106), the great Jewish Bible and Talmud commentator, referred, albeit indirectly, to the contemporary Jewish tragedy, the massacres of the First Crusade. Rashi's selection of midrash for his commentary on Genesis 1 was probably intended to refute the papal claims to the Holy Land that launched the First Crusade. Rashi's choice of verses from Isaiah in his penitential poems also refer to Christian imagery and Crusader behavior. His use of metaphor was understood by Jews
it kept him safe from Christian reprisal. A legend that links Rashi with Godfrey of Bouillon, the Crusader conquerer of Jerusalem, may reflect historical events. An English translation of the Godfrey legend as found in the Guenzburg ms. 652 is appended (pp. 193-194). (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With reference to a folktale about Rashi. Pp. 193-194: English translation of the Godfrey legend.
Appeared also in "Likute Zvi" (2013) 41-65.
Language English
National Library system number 990002391430705171
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