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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
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- 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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