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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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Works
Torah Commentary
Characteristics
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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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Sources
Significant Influences
- Earlier Sources – Rashi
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Occasional Usage
- Menachem b. Saruq –
- R. Ovadia HaSefaradi –
- R. Avraham b. Hiyya –
- R. Yosef Kara –
- Rashbam – R"Y Bekhor Shor cites Rashbam by name in five places:22 Bereshit 36:12 ("ורבי' שמו' מצא"),23 Shemot 2:14 ("ומשם רבי' שמואל שמעתי"), 3:14 ("ור' שמואל פירש"), 6:13 ("ור' שמואל פירש"), 14:25 ("ומשום רבי' שמואל שמעתי").
- R. Shelomo Parchon –
- R. Yitzchak HaGer –
- R. Eliezer of Mainz or Beaugency –
Possible Relationship
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Impact
Later exegetes
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Supercommentaries
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