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VERSE: Gn28-21b
Gn28-21b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi-s comments sometimes focus not on the meaning
of words or the nuances of grammar, but rather on
the overall structure of the chapter which shows a
CLIMACTIC DEVELOPMENT. This assumption of climactic
development is sufficent to justify reading meaning
into words. The rules of development are contained
in the Rabbi Ishmael style guidelines.

EXAMPLE
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Gn28-20:21 exhibits a THEME-DEVELOPMENT-THEME
structure
- THEME: God with me
- ------ DEVELOPMENT: God watch me            Protection
- ------ DEVELOPMENT  Give me food/clothing   Respectable job
- ------ DEVELOPMENT  Return in peace         MORALLY PURE
- THEME  God will be my God

Rashi interprets the Biblical phrase RETURN IN PEACE as
referring to MORAL PEACE (free from sin). Rashi so interprets
since the 1st phrase - GOD WATCH ME - clearly refers to
protection from danger. Hence, even though the language
RETURN IN PEACE naturally implies protection, nevertheless,
BECAUSE of the climactic nature of the passage, we are
forced to interpret the phrase RETURN IN PEACE as something
that happens AFTER protection and job -- hence the RASHI:
RETURN IN PEACE refers to MORAL perfection (Since only after
one is free from danger and has a descent job can one really
work on moral development).
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS GENERALIZED
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #25
SEE BELOW LIST450h
CLIMAX - Accepting God Gn28-20:21
LIST450h
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CLIMAX - Accepting God   Gn28-20:21
THEME DEVELOPMENT TEXT OF VERSES CLASS OF ITEM*1
THEME: ----------- GOD WITH ME -----------
------ DEVELOPMENT God watch me PROTECTION
------ DEVELOPMENT Give me food/clothing Respectable JOB
------ DEVELOPMENT Return in peace MORALLY PURE*2
THEME: ----------- GOD WILL BE MY GOD -----------
COMMENTS
 
*1 Note the intuitiveness of the climax. You cant really
worry about moral perfection UNTIL you have freedom
from danger and a respectable job. The three factors
- freedom from danger, a descent job, and moral purity -
lead to a good God-man relationship.

*2 Again we emphasize that
- the phrase MORALLY PURE by itself could eg mean PROTECTION
- However what DRIVES Rashi to interpret this phrase--
(RETURN IN PEACE) as meaning MORAL PERFECTION--is because
the DEVELOPMENTAL nature of the verses requires that
we have a progression. So, argues Rashi, the obvious item
after PROTECTION and JOB is MORAL PERFECTION.
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