People of the book : canon, meaning, and authority /
People of the Book offers an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, and conveys the importance of the tradition to both general and academic readers.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Introduction: Canonical Text and Text-Centered Community
- 1. Canon and Meaning
- The Uses of Canon
- The Sealed Canon
- Authority and Sealing
- The Meaning of the Canonical Text
- Canon and the Principle of Charity
- Textual Closure and Hermeneutical Openness
- Uncharitable Readings of Canons
- 2. Authority, Controversy, and Tradition
- Authorial Intention and Authoritative Meaning
- Canon and Controversy
- Three Views on Controversy and Tradition
- From a Flexible Canon to a Closed Code
- The Institution and the Canon
- 3. Canon and CurriculumFormative Text
- The Concept of Torah in “Talmud Torah�
- The Challengers of Talmudism
- Codification and Decanonization
- Esotericism and Censorship
- Kabbalists and the Talmudic Curriculum
- Strong Canonicity and Shared Discourse
- Conclusion
- Appendix: The Sovereign and the Canon
- Notes
- Index