Dedication

pp v-vi

Preface to the Hebrew Edition

pp vii-viii

Contents

pp ix-xii

Translator's Note

pp xiii-xiv

Note on Transliteration

pp xv-xvi

PART I - RASHI AND HIS WORLD

pp 1-2

1 - The Social and Cultural Background of Rashi's Work

pp 3-11

2 - A Biographical Sketch

pp 12-51

3 - Rashi's Beit Midrash

pp 52-70

PART II - THE WRITINGS OF RASHI

pp 71-72

4 - Commentary on the Torah

pp 73-110

5 - Commentaries on the Later Books of the Hebrew Bible

pp 111-132

6 - Commentary on the Talmud

pp 133-148

7 - Rulings, Responsa, Liturgical Poems, and Commentaries on Liturgical Poems

pp 149-162

PART III - RASHI'S WORLD-VIEW

pp 163-164

8 - The Uniqueness of the Jewish People

pp 165-207

9 - Values

pp 208-251

10 - Society

pp 252-286

PART IV - POSTSCRIPT

pp 287-288

11 - Between Innovation and Conservatism

pp 289-298

Bibliography

pp 299-308

Index of Scriptural References

pp 309-313

Index of Rabbinic References

pp 314-316

General Index

pp 317-327