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<li><b>Earlier Sources</b> – Rashi</li> | <li><b>Earlier Sources</b> – Rashi</li> | ||
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<li>His father – cited only once in Vayikra 23:16.  The Sefer HaGan Shemot 27:18 records an additional interpretation which R"Y Bekhor Shor transmitted in the name of his father.</li> | <li>His father – cited only once in Vayikra 23:16.  The Sefer HaGan Shemot 27:18 records an additional interpretation which R"Y Bekhor Shor transmitted in the name of his father.</li> | ||
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<li>R. Eliezer of Mainz / Beaugency – cited only once in a gloss on Vayikra 22:25.<fn>MS Munich 52 reads: "ומהר"ר אליעזר ממגנצא שמעתי".  However, "מגנצא" may be a corruption of Beaugency, as the interpretation appears in the commentary of R. Eliezer of Beaugency on Yeshayahu 52:14 and Malakhi 1:14.</fn></li> | <li>R. Eliezer of Mainz / Beaugency – cited only once in a gloss on Vayikra 22:25.<fn>MS Munich 52 reads: "ומהר"ר אליעזר ממגנצא שמעתי".  However, "מגנצא" may be a corruption of Beaugency, as the interpretation appears in the commentary of R. Eliezer of Beaugency on Yeshayahu 52:14 and Malakhi 1:14.</fn></li> | ||
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<li>R. Yosef Kara – cited eight times: Bereshit 4:23-24, 34:25, 49:9, Shemot 4:11, 20:1, Devarim 14:1, 28:68, 32:17.</li> | <li>R. Yosef Kara – cited eight times: Bereshit 4:23-24, 34:25, 49:9, Shemot 4:11, 20:1, Devarim 14:1, 28:68, 32:17.</li> | ||
<li>Rashbam – cited five<fn>Two of these might be later additions or הגהות (possibly by R"Y Bekhor himself – see discussion above): Bereshit 36:12 and Shemot 6:13.</fn> times:  Bereshit 36:12 ("ורבי' שמו' מצא"),<fn>The text of this case was deciphered incorrectly in numerous editions.</fn>‎ Shemot 2:14 ("ומשם רבי' שמואל שמעתי"),‎ 3:14 ("ור' שמואל פירש")‎, 6:13 ("ור' שמואל פירש"),‎ 14:25 ("ומשום רבי' שמואל שמעתי").  There are many other interpretations of R"Y Bekhor Shor, though, which were taken from or influenced by Rashbam.</li> | <li>Rashbam – cited five<fn>Two of these might be later additions or הגהות (possibly by R"Y Bekhor himself – see discussion above): Bereshit 36:12 and Shemot 6:13.</fn> times:  Bereshit 36:12 ("ורבי' שמו' מצא"),<fn>The text of this case was deciphered incorrectly in numerous editions.</fn>‎ Shemot 2:14 ("ומשם רבי' שמואל שמעתי"),‎ 3:14 ("ור' שמואל פירש")‎, 6:13 ("ור' שמואל פירש"),‎ 14:25 ("ומשום רבי' שמואל שמעתי").  There are many other interpretations of R"Y Bekhor Shor, though, which were taken from or influenced by Rashbam.</li> | ||
+ | <li>Ibn Ezra – cited only twice in the glosses to the commentary on Bereshit 49:4, Shemot 24:11. and another time in the name of R"Y Bekhor Shor in Sefer HaGan Bereshit 2:23.</li> | ||
<li>R. Shelomo Parchon – cited only once in the gloss to the commentary on Bereshit 33:6.</li> | <li>R. Shelomo Parchon – cited only once in the gloss to the commentary on Bereshit 33:6.</li> | ||
<li>R. Ovadiah b. Shemuel HaSefaradi<fn>R. Yosef Bekhor Shor always refers to him as simply R. Ovadiah.  However, in the parallel citations (which come from R"Y Bekhor Shor) in Sefer HaGan Bereshit 38:14 and Shemot 15:26, he is called R. Ovadiah HaSefaradi, and in Hadar Zekenim Shemot 15:26 he is referred to as R. Ovadiah b. R. Shemuel.</fn> – known only from the citations in R"Y Bekhor Shor's commentary; cited nine<fn>Three of these might be later additions or הגהות (possibly by R"Y Bekhor himself – see discussion above): Bereshit 39:2, Shemot 4:11, 15:26.</fn> times: Bereshit 2:2, 18:5, 39:2, Shemot 4:11, 10:2, 15:26, 22:19, 23:25, Devarim 31:18.</li> | <li>R. Ovadiah b. Shemuel HaSefaradi<fn>R. Yosef Bekhor Shor always refers to him as simply R. Ovadiah.  However, in the parallel citations (which come from R"Y Bekhor Shor) in Sefer HaGan Bereshit 38:14 and Shemot 15:26, he is called R. Ovadiah HaSefaradi, and in Hadar Zekenim Shemot 15:26 he is referred to as R. Ovadiah b. R. Shemuel.</fn> – known only from the citations in R"Y Bekhor Shor's commentary; cited nine<fn>Three of these might be later additions or הגהות (possibly by R"Y Bekhor himself – see discussion above): Bereshit 39:2, Shemot 4:11, 15:26.</fn> times: Bereshit 2:2, 18:5, 39:2, Shemot 4:11, 10:2, 15:26, 22:19, 23:25, Devarim 31:18.</li> |
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R. Yosef Bekhor Shor – Intellectual Profile
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Name | R. Yosef Bekhor Shor ר' יוסף בכור שור |
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Dates | 12th century |
Location | Northern France |
Works | Torah and Tehillim commentaries, novellae on the Talmud, liturgical poems |
Exegetical Characteristics | |
Influenced by | Rashbam, R. Tam |
Impacted on | Sefer HaGan, Baalei HaTosafot, Ramban |
Background1
Life
- Name –
- Hebrew name – ר' יוסף בכור שור2
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- Dates – Middle to late 12th century3
- Location – Northern France4
- Education and Occupation – No more than a skeletal history of Bekhor Shor’s life can be constructed from the sources that currently exist.5
- Lived in the 12th century Northern French Tosafist milieu, and was a disciple of Rabbenu Tam.6
- He was a Halakhist/Talmudist whose novellae are included in Tosafot, as well as a Bible commentator.
- From his writings it can be deduced that he knew Latin and was familiar with Christian biblical exegesis.7
- He also was a paytan (author of liturgical poems)8 who seems to have had a rather well-developed literary sense.9
- His prominent position within the Tosafist world is attested by frequent use of his commentaries by later Tosafist compendia.10
- Family – Bekhor Shor cites his father once in his commentary,11 and he had a son who is cited in Tosafist literature, called R. Avraham b. R. Yosef of Orleans.12
- Teachers – R. Yaakov Tam13
- Contemporaries – Rashbam, R. Eliezer of Beaugency,14 R. Avraham Ibn Ezra15
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Torah Commentary
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Textual Issues
- Manuscripts – All editions have been based on a sole extant manuscript – Munich 52.
- Printings – Published in 1994 by Mosad HaRav Kook as: פירושי רבי יוסף בכור שור על התורה (Ed. Y. Nevo), and recently included in Mikraot Gedolot HaKeter published by Bar Ilan University.21
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Significant Influences
- Earlier Sources – Rashi
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- His father – cited only once in Vayikra 23:16. The Sefer HaGan Shemot 27:18 records an additional interpretation which R"Y Bekhor Shor transmitted in the name of his father.
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- R. Eliezer of Mainz / Beaugency – cited only once in a gloss on Vayikra 22:25.22
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Occasional Usage
- Menachem b. Saruq – cited only once in Shemot 14:20.
- R. Chayyug - cited only once in Devarim 11:26.
- R. Avraham b. Hiyya – cited once in Devarim 28:63.23
- R. Yosef Kara – cited eight times: Bereshit 4:23-24, 34:25, 49:9, Shemot 4:11, 20:1, Devarim 14:1, 28:68, 32:17.
- Rashbam – cited five24 times: Bereshit 36:12 ("ורבי' שמו' מצא"),25 Shemot 2:14 ("ומשם רבי' שמואל שמעתי"), 3:14 ("ור' שמואל פירש"), 6:13 ("ור' שמואל פירש"), 14:25 ("ומשום רבי' שמואל שמעתי"). There are many other interpretations of R"Y Bekhor Shor, though, which were taken from or influenced by Rashbam.
- Ibn Ezra – cited only twice in the glosses to the commentary on Bereshit 49:4, Shemot 24:11. and another time in the name of R"Y Bekhor Shor in Sefer HaGan Bereshit 2:23.
- R. Shelomo Parchon – cited only once in the gloss to the commentary on Bereshit 33:6.
- R. Ovadiah b. Shemuel HaSefaradi26 – known only from the citations in R"Y Bekhor Shor's commentary; cited nine27 times: Bereshit 2:2, 18:5, 39:2, Shemot 4:11, 10:2, 15:26, 22:19, 23:25, Devarim 31:18.
- R. Yitzchak HaGer – cited twice (both of which are glosses): Shemot 3:13,28 4:11.
- R. Karshava – cited only once in Bereshit 44:10.
- R. Tuv Elem – cited only once in a gloss to Vayikra 20:14.
- R. Berechya – cited only once in a gloss to Vayikra 19:19.
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