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VERSE: Dt01-11a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph structure. One method of paragraph structure is to use the THEME-DETAIL-THEME style. According to the THEME-DETAIL-THEME method, the DETAIL is perceived as a DEVELOPMENT of the general paragraph theme and is interpreted in that manner. We call this the Rashi method of RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE with the Rashi submethod of GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL. EXAMPLE Dt01-11a --------------------------- The Biblical text at Dt01-10 has the following content/structure ------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL: God blessed you; NUMEROUS AS STARS DETAIL: --------------- May you increase 1000-FOLD GENERAL: May God bless you AS HE STATED (like Stars) ------------------------------------------------------ The best way to understand Rashi is to review the above THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure. According to the Rabbi Ishmael style rules the DETAIL clause is generalized and seen as a TYPICAL EXAMPLE of the GENERAL clause. --------------------------------------------------- God made a GENERAL promise: Jews will be as numerous as the stars I, Moses, fulfilled a DETAIL of this promise--you started in Egypt as 70 and are now 600,000 (a factor of 10,000. I bless you that my student Joshua should multiply you another 1,000. But in each generation other people will arise. Each one, like me, will help fulfill the GENERAL promise of making Jew as numerous as the STARS. --------------------------------------------------- In other words Moses saw himself as ONE DETAIL of the GENERAL PROMISE. The Rabbi Ishmael rules require GENERALIZATION of the DETAIL clause: Other leaders will similarly increase you like me. LIST460s summarizes these arguments. | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | STYLE | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #25 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST460s | |
| List of clauses in | Dt01-11a (MANY--1000-MANY) | |
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List of clauses in Dt01-11a (MANY--1000-MANY) | |||
| STYLE | WHO IS BLESSING | TEXT OF CLAUSE | |
| GENERAL: | God blessed you; | Be NUMEROUS AS STARS | |
| DETAIL: | Moses*1 *2 *3 | May you increase 1000-FOLD | |
| GENERAL: | May God bless you | AS HE STATED (like Stars) | |
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*1 Perhaps Moses refers to his own leadership from Egypt - Jews went down as 70 - They increased to 600,000 - A Factor of 10,0000 *2 Perhaps Moses blessing is as follows ------------------------------------------ As I multipled you by a factor of 10,000 so may Joshua my student multiply you by a factor of 1000 ------------------------------------------ *3 According the Rabbi Ishmael style rules we generalize the DETAIL clause to situations similar to the GENERAL clause. The idea then is --------------------------------------------------- God made a GENERAL promise: Jews will be as numerous as the stars I, Moses, fulfilled a DETAIL of this promise--you started in Egypt as 70 and are now 600,000 (a factor of 10,000. I bless you that my student Joshua should multiply you another 1,000. But in each generation other people will arise. Each one, like me, will help fulfill the GENERAL promise of making Jew as numerous as the STARS. --------------------------------------------------- In other words Moses saw himself as ONE DETAIL of the GENERAL PROMISE. The Rabbi Ishmael rules require GENERALIZATION of the DETAIL clause: Other leaders will similarly increase you like me. | |||