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| A commentary on the Book of Psalms by Rashbam (1085-1158) from just before the period of R. Eleazar of Worms. |
INTODUCTION:
Pursuant to previous posts about lost texts
(and even lost Talmudim)
which were discovered in what became known as the “European Geniza”, this
article - based extensively on the research of Professor Simcha Emanuel[1] - explores
another fascinating text with interesting implications.
The European Geniza is a term that has come to refer to old
texts that were glued together and ‘repurposed’ as binding material to form a
hardcover for newer books. These books are scattered throughout Europe in
various libraries and archives. Their often-accidental discoveries yield
important information about works from towards the end of the Middle Ages[2]
which were until recently either not known or thought to have been lost.
