8— Rabbi Solomon ibn Adret and His Responses to the Pugio Fidei
1. For an overview, see Baer, A History of the Jews in Christian Spain, I, 281-305.
2. See ibid., 289-305. break [BACK]
1. For an overview, see Baer, A History of the Jews in Christian Spain, I, 281-305.
2. See ibid., 289-305. break [BACK]
3. For full indication of the numerous places in Lull's writings where the story recurs, see above, chap. 7, n. 13. [BACK]
4. Jeremy Cohen, "The Christian Adversary of Solomon ben Adret," Jewish Quarterly Review LXXI (1980-81): 48-55. [BACK]
5. The Perushei Aggadot was published by Joseph Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath: Sein Leben und Seine Schriften (Breslau, 1863), Heb. sec., 24-56. See the recent study by Thomas Willi, "Die Perusche Aggadot des R. Salomo ben Adret," in Willi-Plein and Plein, Glaubensdolch und Messiasbeweis. [BACK]
6. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 25.
7. Ibid., 25-26. [BACK]
6. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 25.
7. Ibid., 25-26. [BACK]
8. She'elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rashba (Piotrkow, 1883): 53, # 187.
9. Ibid. For a similar reading of the biblical 'ad, see the treatise of Rabbi Solomon ben Moses, in Judah Rosenthal, Mehkarim * (2 vols.; Jerusalem, 1967), I, 402-403. [BACK]
8. She'elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rashba (Piotrkow, 1883): 53, # 187.
9. Ibid. For a similar reading of the biblical 'ad, see the treatise of Rabbi Solomon ben Moses, in Judah Rosenthal, Mehkarim * (2 vols.; Jerusalem, 1967), I, 402-403. [BACK]
10. She'elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rashba, 53, # 187.
11. Ibid. [BACK]
10. She'elot u-Teshuvot ha-Rashba, 53, # 187.
11. Ibid. [BACK]
16. Deut. 4:6. [BACK]
20. For Friar Raymond's categories of Jewish law, see the Pugio Fidei, 774-776. [BACK]
21. Exod. 12:6. [BACK]
22. T. B., Kiddushin, 42a. [BACK]
23. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 35.
24. Ibid. [BACK]
23. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 35.
24. Ibid. [BACK]
25. On this temporary prohibition and its removal, see Deut. 12:20-21 and the discussion in T. B., Hullin * , 16b.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid., 35-36.
28. Ibid., 36. [BACK]
25. On this temporary prohibition and its removal, see Deut. 12:20-21 and the discussion in T. B., Hullin * , 16b.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid., 35-36.
28. Ibid., 36. [BACK]
25. On this temporary prohibition and its removal, see Deut. 12:20-21 and the discussion in T. B., Hullin * , 16b.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid., 35-36.
28. Ibid., 36. [BACK]
25. On this temporary prohibition and its removal, see Deut. 12:20-21 and the discussion in T. B., Hullin * , 16b.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid., 35-36.
28. Ibid., 36. [BACK]
29. Deut. 29:21-24. [BACK]
30. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 36. [BACK]
31. T. B., Berakhot, 12b. [BACK]
32. Deut. 16:2-3. [BACK]
33. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 37. This passage is also found in a second work of Rabbi Solomon, Hidushei * ha-Rashba 'al aggadot ha-Shas, ed. Shalom Weinberger Jerusalem, 1966), 30-36. [BACK]
34. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 38. break [BACK]
35. Deut. 16:1-4. [BACK]
36. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 38. [BACK]
37. Exod. 23:12 [BACK]
38. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 39. [BACK]
39. T. B., Yoma, 9b. [BACK]
40. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, pp. 41-412.
41. Ibid., 42.
42. Ibid. The expression is common among medieval Jews. See, e.g., Rashi's commentary to Gen. 45:18. [BACK]
40. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, pp. 41-412.
41. Ibid., 42.
42. Ibid. The expression is common among medieval Jews. See, e.g., Rashi's commentary to Gen. 45:18. [BACK]
40. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, pp. 41-412.
41. Ibid., 42.
42. Ibid. The expression is common among medieval Jews. See, e.g., Rashi's commentary to Gen. 45:18. [BACK]
43. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 42. [BACK]
44. Ezek. 21:17. I have provided the standard translation. The rabbinic commentary that follows understands the verse somewhat differently.
45. Ibid. The entire discussion can be found in T. B., Yoma, 9B. [BACK]
44. Ezek. 21:17. I have provided the standard translation. The rabbinic commentary that follows understands the verse somewhat differently.
45. Ibid. The entire discussion can be found in T. B., Yoma, 9B. [BACK]
46. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 42-43. [BACK]
47 Isa. 92:6. [BACK]
48. Deut. 32:4. [BACK]
49. Ezek. 18:20. Rabbi Solomon has reversed the order of the verse. [BACK]
50. Perles, R. Salomo b. Abraham b. Adrath, 43-44. [BACK]