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Peshat and Derash : Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis.

This text offers an explanation in this text for the willingness of the early sages to attribute to scripture meanings not suggested in the text itself. The author posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Halivni, David Weiss
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; I: ON MATTERS OF EXEGESIS; II: ON MATTERS OF THEOLOGY; Appendix I: "Mikan Samkhu Chakhamim" and "Assmakhta Be-Alma"; Appendix II: Midrash and Modern Literary Theories; Appendix III: Minority Opinion and the Different Notions of the Revelation of the Oral Law; Appendix IV: The Impact of Halakha on Peshat; Notes; Index of Citations; Name Index; Subject Index.