Download or read book Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars:Polemic and Exegesis in Rashi and the Glossa Ordinaria written by Devorah Schoenfeld and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rashi's commentary and the Glossa Ordinaria both developed in the late eleventh and early twelfth century with no known contact between them. Nevertheless, they shared a way of reading text that shaped their interpretations of the near-sacrifice of Isaac. This work compares them both with each other and their respective sources to show their similarity.