This thinker famously wondered why Genesis starts with the creation of the world and not with the first month. Martin Luther relied heavily on the Postillae perpetuae of a man known as the "ape" of this thinker for following him so closely, and who was named Nicolas de Lyre. Much of this thinker's work was dismissed as inaccurate by his younger con
This thinker famously wondered why Genesis starts with the creation of the world and not with the first month. Martin Luther relied heavily on the Postillae perpetuae of a man known as the "ape" of this thinker for following him so closely, and who was named Nicolas de Lyre. Much of this thinker's work was dismissed as inaccurate by his younger contemporary, ibn Ezra. He is often criticized for writing too much pshat and not enough drash, a distinction he was the first to make. Along with targum, his writings are a core component of editions of (*) Mikraot Gedolot. This thinker founded the tradition of tosafot. His namesake "script" was the first typeface used for printed Hebrew. For 10 points, name this author of the first comprehensive commentary on the Talmud, an eleventh-century French rabbi and grandfather of the similarly- named "Rashbam."
This thinker famously wondered why Genesis starts with the creation of the world and not with the first month.
Rashi [or Shlomo Yitzchaki; or Salomon Isaacides]