Sforno and Malbim

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This course will examine exegetical methodology of R. Obadiah Sforno, a preeminent Italian Jewish scholar of the Renaissance period in the late fifteenth through sixteenth centuries. Students will reflect critically on Sfornos religious philosophy as reflected in his biblical commentary and in his writings. This course will also study the extensive biblical commentary of Rabbi Meir Leibush Malbim, one of the foremost nineteenth century exegetes on the Bible.