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Maimonides and the hermeneutics of concealment : deciphering scripture and midrash in The guide of the perplexed /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diamond, James Arthur
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Colección:SUNY series in Jewish philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION: The Poetry of Midrash and Heterogeneity of Scripture
  • Midrash on Midrash
  • Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1:8 and the Parabolic Method
  • Genesis Rabbah 9 and Flash Technique
  • Genesis Rabbah 27 and Prophetic Radicalism
  • Intertextual Foils in the Guide
  • Parabolic Precision vs. Parabolic Flourish
  • Solomon s ""Married Harlot"" as Foil to Jacob
  • ""The Lord hath forsaken the earth""
  • Divine Immutability and Providence.
  • I: 11 The ""Sitting"" of Indifference
  • I: 12 ""Rising"" and the Role of Metatron
  • 1: 13 ""Standing on the Mount of Olives "": The Intellectualization of a Messianic Vision
  • I: 14 ""Adam ""-Situating Man in the Providential Scheme
  • I: 15 Moses-The Paragon of an Elitist Providence
  • The Seven Units of Jacob's Ladder and Their Message
  • I. ""Ladder""
  • 2. ""Set up on earth""
  • 3. ""And the top of it reached heaven""
  • 4. ""Angels of God"" (elohim)
  • 5-6. ""Ascending and descending""
  • 7. ""And behold the Lord (YHVH) stood above it""
  • The Coalescence of Three Interpretations.
  • Chapter 111:24 of the Guide
  • Trial Passages
  • Omission of a Trial Passage: Bitter Waters and the Perfect Law
  • The Quarry of Efficient Causality
  • Reflections on the Ultimate Verses of the Guide
  • Text and Prooftext
  • Back Matter
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.