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<li><b>Education and Occupation</b> – No more than a skeletal history of Bekhor Shor’s life can be constructed from the sources that currently exist.<fn>There exists a lone medieval report of a historical incident involving Bekhor Shor (see Urbach, Ba’alei HaTosafot: 135). In this account, Bekhor Shor is confronted by a devoted convert to Christianity, and he succeeds in refuting Christianity based on Yeshayahu 52:13 and immediately bringing about the apostate’s repentance.</fn></li> | <li><b>Education and Occupation</b> – No more than a skeletal history of Bekhor Shor’s life can be constructed from the sources that currently exist.<fn>There exists a lone medieval report of a historical incident involving Bekhor Shor (see Urbach, Ba’alei HaTosafot: 135). In this account, Bekhor Shor is confronted by a devoted convert to Christianity, and he succeeds in refuting Christianity based on Yeshayahu 52:13 and immediately bringing about the apostate’s repentance.</fn></li> | ||
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<li><b>Family</b> – Bekhor Shor cites his father once in his commentary,<fn>In his commentary to Vayikra 23:16. He does not mention his father’s name, but it seems to have been Yitzchak, see note above in the Name section.</fn> and he had a son who is cited in Tosafist literature, called R. Avraham b. R. Yosef of Orleans.<fn>See Urbach, ibid.: 140-141.</fn></li> | <li><b>Family</b> – Bekhor Shor cites his father once in his commentary,<fn>In his commentary to Vayikra 23:16. He does not mention his father’s name, but it seems to have been Yitzchak, see note above in the Name section.</fn> and he had a son who is cited in Tosafist literature, called R. Avraham b. R. Yosef of Orleans.<fn>See Urbach, ibid.: 140-141.</fn></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 | 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 |
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Life
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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
- Family – Bekhor Shor cites his father once in his commentary,6 and he had a son who is cited in Tosafist literature, called R. Avraham b. R. Yosef of Orleans.7
- Teachers – R. Yaakov Tam8
- Contemporaries – Rashbam, R. Eliezer of Beaugency,9 R. Avraham Ibn Ezra10
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