The Midrashic Process: Tradition and Interpretation in Rabbinic Judaism - Brossura

Jacobs, Irving

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ISBN 10: 0521076110 ISBN 13: 9780521076111

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

The purpose of this book is to re-examine those basic issues in the study of Midrash which to some extent have been marginalised by trends in scholarship and research. Irving Jacobs asks, for example, whether the early rabbinic exegetes had a concept of peshat, plain meaning, and, if so, what significance they attached to it in their exposition of the biblical text. He enquires if the selection of proemial and proof-texts was a random one, dependent purely upon the art or whim of the preacher, or rather if exegetical traditions linked certain pentateuchal themes with specific sections of the Prophets (and particularly the Hagiographa), which were acknowledged by preachers and audiences alike. As Midrash in its original, pre-literary form, was a living process involving both live preachers and live audiences in the ancient synagogues of the Holy Land, to what extent, he asks, did the latter influence the former in the development of their art and skills?

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Recensione:

"In sum, when read for its learning and provocative thesis, Jacob's book opens and reopens topics of research in several areas of midrashic studies." Michael Fishbane, The Journal of Religion

Descrizione del libro:

This book represents a systematic attempt to establish patterns and traditions of interpretation in early rabbinic Bible exegesis. It offers a fresh approach to the perennial problem of the rabbis' awareness of plain meaning, and of the significance which they attached to it, and makes a notable contribution to text analysis.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521076110
• ISBN 13: 9780521076111
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 236