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] [2]. The work has an extensive appendix of notes which display notable critical scholarship; the authors tackle difficult comments of Rashi.
History
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 [3].
Little is known of the authors of this work. Rosenbaum was a UK rabbi (1871-1947)[4]. Silbermann (1889-1939) was from Berlin and had settled in England, he was known for his 1927 German and English dictionary of the Talmud, Midrash and Targum and he was the publishing director of Shapiro, Valentine & Co [5]. Blashki and Joseph were from Sydney, NSW. The work is dedicated to Phillip Blashki and his wife Hannah.
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.
- ^ "Pentateuch: with targum onkelos, haphtaroth and prayers for sabbath and Rashi's commentary, from the web site of the International Bibliography of Theology and Religious Studies". Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Abebooks search". Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Rosenbaum, M. (Morris), 1871-1947 from the Library of Congress website". Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Silbermann, Abraham Moritz from www.encyclopedia.com". Retrieved 23 August 2020.