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Pentateuch and some other parts of the Scriptures. Rashbam adopts a natural (as distinct from a homiletical and traditional) method; thus (in agreement with the See also:

MODERN

modern school) Rashbam (on Gen. i. 5) maintained that the See also:

day began at See also:

DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

dawn and not from the previous sunset (as later Jewish See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom assumed). Another famous interpretation was Rashbam's view that the much disputed phrase in Gen. xlix. ro must be rendered " Until he cometh to ShiIoh," and refers to the See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

JUDAH

Judah after See also:

Solomon's See also:

DEATH

death. Rashbam's notes on the See also:

Bible are remarkable for brevity, but when he comments on the See also:

TALMUD

Talmud—he wrote explanations on several tracts—he is equally noted for prolixity. (I.

End of Article: RASHBAM (1085–1174)

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