Pentateuch with Rashi's Commentary Translated into English
The Pentateuch with Rashi's Commentary Translated into English, was first published in London from 1929 to 1934 and is a scholarly English language translation of the full text of the Torah and Rashi's commentary on it. The five-volume work was produced and annotated by Rev. M. Rosenbaum and Dr Abraham M. Silbermann in collaboration with A. Blashki and L. Joseph [1].
The work has an an extensive appendix of notes which display notable critical scholarship where the authors attempt to resolve difficult comments of Rashi.
History
Little is known of the authors of this work. Rosenbaum was a UK rabbi. Silbermann was from Berlin and was known for his 1927 German and English dictionary of the Talmud, Midrash and Targum. Blashki and Joseph were from Sydney, NSW.
The work was first published by the East End Jewish publisher Shapiro, Valentine & Co; Genesis in 1929 and Deuteronomy in 1934. The volumes were printed in Wittenberg. The work is commonly known as "Silberman's Rashi" even though he was only the co-author. The Silbermann family republished the work in collaboration with Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd in 1973 [2].
References
- ^ "Pentateuch with Targum Onkelos, Haphtaroth and Rashi's commentary translated into English and annotated by Rev. Moris Rosenbaum and Dr A. M. Silbermann in collaboration with A. Blashki and L. Joseph, from the web site of the National Library of Israel". Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Abebooks search". Retrieved 21 August 2020.