The Breadth of Rabbinic Opinion Regarding Mosaic Authorship of the Torah in the Middle Ages
The Breadth of Rabbinic Opinion Regarding Mosaic Authorship of the Torah in the Middle Ages By Ben Zion Katz, MD Arguably, Orthodox theology today is much narrower than what was acceptable in the Middle Ages. For example, ArtScroll is editing Rashbam’s (Rabbi Samuel ben Meir, ca 1080 -1174) more radical comments out of their new edition of the Rabbinic Bible (Mikraot Gedolot).[1] In this paper, I will discuss a dramatic example of Biblical exegesis, which could even be considered…