Commentary on the Pentateuch

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Jewish biblical exegesis biblical commentary medieval Hebrew work

Commentary on the Pentateuch is a seminal medieval Jewish biblical exegesis by Moses ben Nahman (Nachmanides), integrating literal interpretation, rabbinic tradition, and kabbalistic insights on the Five Books of Moses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish biblical exegesis ⓘ
biblical commentary ⓘ
medieval Hebrew work ⓘ
author Moses ben Nahman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nachmanides NERFINISHED ⓘ
century 13th century ⓘ
includesBook Deuteronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leviticus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced halakhic literature ⓘ
kabbalistic literature ⓘ
later Jewish biblical commentaries ⓘ
influencedBy Ibn Ezra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midrash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sefer ha-Bahir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Kabbalistic traditions ⓘ
integrates kabbalistic insights ⓘ
literal interpretation ⓘ
rabbinic tradition ⓘ
literaryGenre biblical commentary ⓘ
methodology derash ⓘ
kabbalistic exegesis ⓘ
peshat ⓘ
notableFor allusions to esoteric doctrines ⓘ
frequent citation of rabbinic sources ⓘ
integration of peshat and sod ⓘ
originalLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
originalTitle Perush al ha-Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Catalonia ⓘ
Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
scripturalFocus Five Books of Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
commandments ⓘ
covenant ⓘ
exile and redemption ⓘ
mystical symbolism ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ
rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
title Commentary on the Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn rabbinic scholarship ⓘ
yeshiva study ⓘ

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