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Author | : Michael Fishbane |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1438402872 |
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This innovative and original book examines the broad range of Jewish interpretation from antiquity through the medieval and renaissance periods. Its primary focus is on Midrash and midrashic creativity, including the entire range of nonlegal interpretations of the Bible. Considering Midrash as a literary and cultural form, the book explores aspects of classical Midrash from various angles including mythmaking and parables. The relationship between this exoteric mode and more esoteric forms in late antiquity is also examined. This work also focuses on some of the major genres of medieval biblical exegesis: plain sense, allegory, and mystical.
Author | : Michael Fishbane |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1998-10-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780674274617 |
Download The Exegetical Imagination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Exegesis - interpretation and explanation of sacred texts - is the quintessence of rabinic thought. This volume delineates the connections between biblical interpretation and Jewish religious thought.
Author | : David Stern |
Publisher | : Northwestern University Press |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780810115743 |
Download Midrash and Theory Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary theory. As midrash--the literature of classical Jewish Scriptural interpretation--has become the focus of new interest in contemporary literary circles, it has been invoked as a precursor of post-structuralist theory and criticism. At the same time, the midrashic imagination has undergone a revival in the larger Jewish community and shown itself capable of exercising a powerful influence and hold on a new type of contemporary Jewish writing. Stern examines this resurgence of fascination with ancient Jewish interpretation from the persepctive of the cultural relevance of midrash and its connection to its original historical and literary contexts.
Author | : Steven D. Fraade |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1438403143 |
Download From Tradition to Commentary Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book examines Torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their complex intersection. The author discusses extensively the nature of ancient commentary, comparing and contrasting it with the antecedents in the pesharim of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the allegorical commentaries of Philo of Alexandria. He develops a model for a dynamic understanding of the literary structure and sociohistorical function of early rabbinic commentary, and then applies this model to the Sifre — to the oldest extant running commentary to Deuteronomy and one of the oldest rabbinic collections of exegesis. Fraade examines the commentary's representation of revelation and its reception at Mt. Sinai, with particular attention to its fractured refiguration and interrelation of Scripture, tradition, and history. He discusses the commentary's discursive empowering of the class of sages in their collective self-understanding as Israel's authorized teachers, leaders, legislators, and judges. The author also probes the tension between Torah and nature as witnesses to Israel's covenant with God.
Author | : David C. Jacobson |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1438407726 |
Download Modern Midrash Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century writers. It shows how and toward what ends Biblical stories, legends, and Hasidic tales have been used in shaping modern Hebrew literature. The author's impressive knowledge and careful analysis of both early and modern Hebrew texts reveal the main literary features of the genre, while making an important contribution to current discussions of the relationship between midrash and literature, the relationship between myth (and other traditional narratives) and modern literature, and the concept of intertextuality. The book also provides many fresh insights on the various issues of modern Jewish existence addressed in these works. Among these are: the revival of the Jewish tradition by reinterpreting it in light of new values, the preservation of Jewish identity entering into Western culture, the changing roles of men and women in Jewish culture, challenges to traditional Jewish views of sexuality, attempts to physically destroy the Jewish people, moral and political issues raised by the establishment of the State of Israel, and the conflict between Jews and Arabs.
Author | : Monica Osborne |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2017-12-06 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1498564917 |
Download The Midrashic Impulse and the Contemporary Literary Response to Trauma Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores contemporary writers’ use of nonrepresentational techniques, similar to those of ancient rabbis who composed classical Midrash, as they grapple with the violence of our era. With particular attention paid to Holocaust literature, the book identifies an important trend in literature about collective trauma.
Author | : Jay M. Harris |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791421444 |
Download How Do We Know This? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a study of rabbinic legal interpretation (midrash) in Judaisms rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. It shows how the rise of Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Judaism in the modern period is tied to distinct attitudes toward the classical Jewish heritage, and specifically, toward rabbinic midrash halakah.
Author | : Michael Fishbane |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1998-10-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0674274628 |
Download The Exegetical Imagination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Exegesis--interpretation and explanation of sacred texts--is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Through such means and methods, the written words of Hebrew Scripture have been extended since antiquity, and given new voices for new times. In this lucid and often poetic book, Michael Fishbane delineates the connections between biblical interpretation and Jewish religious thought. How can a canon be open to new meanings, given that it is believed to be immutable? Fishbane discusses the nature and rationale of this interpretative process in a series of studies on ancient Jewish speculative theology. Focusing on questions often pondered in Midrash, he shows how religious ideas are generated or justified by exegesis. He also explores the role exegesis plays in liturgy and ritual. A striking example is the transfer of speculative interpretations into meditation in prayer. Cultivation of the ability to perceive many implicit meanings in a text or religious practice can become a way of living--as Fishbane shows in explaining how such notions as joy or spiritual meditations on death can be idealized and the ideal transmitted through theological interpretation. The Exegetical Imagination is a collection of interrelated essays that together offer new and profound understanding of scriptural interpretation and its central role in Judaism.
Author | : William Cutter |
Publisher | : Jewish Lights Publishing |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1580234283 |
Download Midrash & Medicine Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume examines the spiritual shortfalls of our current healing environment and explores how midrash can help you see beyond the physical aspects of healing to tune in to your spiritual source.
Author | : Marc Hirshman |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781438406794 |
Download A Rivalry of Genius Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
By comparing interpretations of the Hebrew Bible by Jews, Christians, and Gnostics in Late Antiquity, this book provides a unique perspective on these religious movements in Palestine. Rival interpretations of the early Church and the Midrash are set against the backdrop of the pagan critique of these religions and the gnostic threat that grew within both Christianity and Judaism. The comparison of the exegetical works of Christianity and Judaism illuminates the later development of the two religions and offers fresh insight into the Bible itself.