On the role of Bible study in medieval Ashkenaz

Abstract

In one of his last published articles, Frank Talmage undertook to assess the extent of independent Bible study-in-the medieval Jewish world. 1 His approach was to compare and contrast biblical studies· in the Ashkenazic and Sefardic orbits, while raising questions about some fundamental assumptions of earlier research. In his memory, I should like to further clarify the status of the study of Scripture in medieval Ashkenaz.2 (from Introduction).