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| − | <li>Previous War – opinion in <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>, <multilink><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Targum | + | <li>Previous War – opinion in <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>, <multilink><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)</a><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)</a></multilink>, first opinion in <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">Shemot Rabbah</a><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">20:11-16</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink></li> |
<li>Future War – <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</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="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></li> | <li>Future War – <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</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="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></li> | ||
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Version as of 16:44, 4 July 2019
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 Yerushalmi (Yonatan), first opinion in Shemot Rabbah
- Future War – Akeidat Yitzchak, Abarbanel
- Canaanites – perhaps Rashi, Rashbam
- 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
