Purpose of the Research | p. 1 |
Introduction to the Linguistic Codes in the Commentaries of Rashi and Nahmanides: An Elucidation of Their Goals and Concepts, and an Exploration of Their Historical Contexts | p. 23 |
General Analysis of Key Terminology in Rashi and Nahmanides: Their Historical Context and the History of Research | p. 27 |
Peshat (Literal Meaning) and Derash (Homiletic Interpretation) | p. 27 |
Characteristics of Rashi's and Nahmanides' Writings | p. 27 |
Methodological Foundations in the Language of Rashi's Commentary | p. 36 |
Jewish Thought and Philosophy in Rashi's Writings | p. 42 |
The Attitude of Spanish Scholars, Particularly Nahmanides, to Rashi's Commentary | p. 45 |
Rashi and Nahmanides: Distinct Approaches and Attitudes | p. 52 |
Rashi's Use of the Term Kelomar | p. 75 |
Methodological Purposes of Kelomar | p. 82 |
An Explanation with Reference to Vowelization | p. 82 |
An Elucidation Relating to Roots of Words | p. 84 |
A Tool to Find Parallels between Sources | p. 86 |
A Means to Differentiate between the Verb and the Action | p. 88 |
A Means to Understand the Difficulty that Results from Concise Language | p. 88 |
A Means to Clarify Allegory | p. 91 |
Means to Compare Parts of the Allegory to the Moral | p. 92 |
A Means to Transfer the Explanation into Symbol and Metaphor | p. 94 |
A Means of Expressing World Outlook | p. 96 |
Nahmanides' Kabbalah: Al Derech Ha-Emet and other Hidden Kabbalistic Ideas | p. 99 |
Peshat and Sod (Esoteric Concepts) | p. 99 |
Nahmanides' Introduction to the Pentateuch | p. 101 |
Basic Concepts of Jewish Philosophy in Nahmanides' Commentary | p. 116 |
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