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72 * Abstracts Lisa Fredman The Motive on Enticement to Christianity in Rashi's Commentary to Proverbs Rashi’s Proverbs commentary contains more than fifty - five explicit polemical comments directed against Christianity, and the primary polemical theme of these glosses is that of Christian enticement . This motif is mentioned in more than fifteen glosses, the majority of which are original to Rashi . He uses a variety of terms to describe the seduction to Christianity, among them Minim and Minut . The occurrence of the latter terms twelve times in the commentary approximates the sum total of instances the root min appears in Rashi’s glosses to all other biblical books . Discussions and debates centering upon the correct interpretation of the Old Testament were not uncommon during Rashi's lifetime, and they were often, but not exclusively, set in motion by Christians . Rashi warns Jews against taking the offensive and initiating such discussions . The quantity, originality, and explici...  אל הספר