Biblical interpretation in ancient Israel / Michael Fishbane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishbane, Michael, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Old Testament--Theology.

Theology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 613 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.

Contents:

Pt. 1: Scribal comments and corrections

The role of scribes in the transmission of biblical literature

Lexical and explicative comments

Pious revisions and theological addenda

Pt. 2: Legal exegesis

The scope and content of biblical law as a factor in the emergence of exegesis

Legal exegesis with verbatim, paraphrastic, or pseudo-citations in historical sources

Legal exegesis with covert citations in historical sources

Legal exegesis and explication in the Pentateuchal legal corpora

Pt. 3: Aggadic exegesis

Preliminary considerations

Aggadic exegesis of legal traditions in the prophetic literature

Aggadic transformations of non-legal Pentateuchal traditions

Aggadic exegesis in the historiographical literature

Pt. 4: Mantological exegesis

The shape and nature of mantological material as factors for exegesis

The mantological exegesis of dreams, visions, and omens

The mantological exegesis of oracles

Generic transformations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-558).

Includes indexes.

National Jewish Book Awards - Scholarship, Winner, 1986

Local Notes:

CJS copy acc.# 200051

ISBN:

0198263252

9780198263258

0198266995

9780198266990

OCLC:

10300060

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