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<topic>Avoiding war with whom? | <topic>Avoiding war with whom? | ||
| + | <opinion>Egyptians and Philistines – <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot14-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:2-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink></opinion> | ||
<opinion>Egyptians – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></opinion> | <opinion>Egyptians – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></opinion> | ||
<opinion>Philistines<br/> | <opinion>Philistines<br/> | ||
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<opinion>Canaanites –</opinion> | <opinion>Canaanites –</opinion> | ||
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<topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" – close to what? | <topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" – close to what? | ||
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<li>Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) – <multilink><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. Chananel</a><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">(cited by R. Bachya Shemot 13:17)</a><a href="R. Chananel b. Chushiel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chananel b. Chushiel</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot14-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:2-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39Question1" data-aht="source">39 Question 1</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">39</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></li> | <li>Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) – <multilink><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. Chananel</a><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">(cited by R. Bachya Shemot 13:17)</a><a href="R. Chananel b. Chushiel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chananel b. Chushiel</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot14-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:2-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39Question1" data-aht="source">39 Question 1</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">39</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></li> | ||
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| + | <topic>Problem with Philistine Route | ||
| + | <opinion>Too easy to return to Egypt – Rashi, Seforno</opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Danger from Philistines – <multilink><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Beshalach Vayehi</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink>, R"Y Bekhor Shor, Ramban</opinion> | ||
| + | <opinion>Too close to Canaan and no time in the wilderness – Rambam, Shadal, Malbim, Netziv</opinion> | ||
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Version as of 23:53, 22 February 2015
The Roundabout Route and The Road Not Traveled
Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- Purpose of Yam Suf
- To free the Israelites permanently – Seforno
- To destroy the Egyptian army –
- Avoiding war with whom?
- Egyptians and Philistines – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor
- Egyptians – Seforno
- Philistines
- Previous War – opinion in Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, first opinion in Shemot Rabbah
- Future War – Akeidat Yitzchak, Abarbanel
- Canaanites –
- Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" – close to what?
- Close to Egypt (too easy to return to Egypt) – Seforno, Abarbanel
- Close to Canaan
- Reason for not taking the Philistine Route (one would arrive too quickly) – U. Cassuto
- Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) – R. Chananel, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Akeidat Yitzchak, R. S"R Hirsch
- Problem with Philistine Route
- Too easy to return to Egypt – Rashi, Seforno
- Danger from Philistines – Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, R"Y Bekhor Shor, Ramban
- Too close to Canaan and no time in the wilderness – Rambam, Shadal, Malbim, Netziv
