Introduction
This article, based extensively on the research by Professors
Jason Kalman,[2] and
Hanna Liss, deals with the commentaries of R. Shmuel ben Meir known as Rashbam (1085-1158), Rashi’s grandson. Some of Rashbam’s
commentaries on the Torah were, and to this day are still considered contentious.
In a recent paper, for example, Professor Hershey Friedman writes:
“Regrettably, publishers today want to censor opinions that do not fit the mainstream way of thinking. [Ben Zion] Katz (2020, para. 1) asserts: 'Orthodox theology today is much narrower than what was acceptable in the Middle Ages.' He mentions that ArtScroll Publishing is editing and removing comments made by Rashbam that the editors believe are too radical from the new Mikraot Gedolot.”[3]
