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Isadore Twersky
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LOCATION: Cambridge, MA, United States

BIOGRAPHY

Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Harvard University, 1965–97. Author of Rabad of Posqui ères and others.

Primary Contributions (1)
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi was a renowned medieval French commentator on the Bible and the Talmud (the authoritative Jewish compendium of law, lore, and commentary). Rashi combined the two basic methods of interpretation, literal and nonliteral, in his influential Bible commentary. His commentary on the Talmud was a…
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