"The Anxiety of Influence": Rashbam's Approach to Rashi's Commentary on the Torah. Issue 2 (23rd November 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "The Anxiety of Influence": Rashbam's Approach to Rashi's Commentary on the Torah. Issue 2 (23rd November 2016)
- Main Title:
- "The Anxiety of Influence": Rashbam's Approach to Rashi's Commentary on the Torah
- Authors:
- Viezel, Eran
- Abstract:
- Abstract : Rashbam's approach to Rashi's commentary on the Torah is characterized by contrasts: originality and continuity, independence and dependence, open admiration and flagrant aggression. Scholars have clarified various aspects of this complex stance, yet their analyses do not provide a comprehensive explanation for it. This article argues that Rashbam's approach to Rashi's commentary is not based on methodological principles alone, but also includes an emotional element that is in part unconscious. To analyze these complex emotional elements of the text, the article uses a theoretical model that demonstrates that the ambivalence reflected in the text is not unusual, and in fact can be found in relationships between other writers— "the anxiety of influence, " as formulated by Harold Bloom. This conclusion sheds new light on Rashbam's commentary, including several of its more well-known passages.
- Is Part Of:
- AJS review. Volume 40:Issue 2(2016)
- Journal:
- AJS review
- Issue:
- Volume 40:Issue 2(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 40, Issue 2 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0040-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 279
- Page End:
- 303
- Publication Date:
- 2016-11-23
- Subjects:
- Jews -- History -- Periodicals
Judaism -- History -- Periodicals
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http://www.jstor.org/journals/03640094.html ↗
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/S0364009416000428 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0364-0094
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- Legaldeposit
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