Creating space between peshat and derash : a collection of studies on Tanakh / Hayyim J. Angel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angel, Hayyim J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Physical Description:

xv, 229 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Jersey City, NJ : KTAV Pub. House in association with Sephardic Publication Foundation, [2011]

Contents:

Abarbanel : commentator and teacher : celebrating years of his influence on Tanakh study

"The chosen people" : an ethical challenge

Hur and Pharaoh's daughter : midrashic readings of silent heroes

Why did Moses not apologize after his sin at Meribah?

Where the rules of peshat and pesak collide : Deuteronomy and prophetic narratives

Moonlit leadership : a midrashic reading of Joshua's success

War against Canaan : divine and human perspectives

"I am the seer" : objective and subjective elements of Samuel's relationship to Saul and the monarchy in I Samuel 8-16

Reading the Bible forward and backward : the sins of David and Solomon

There never again rose a prophet like Moses : except perhaps Ezekiel?

Ezekiel : priest-prophet

The book of Joel : anticipating a post-prophetic age

The end of prophecy : Malachi's position in the spiritual development of Israel

God insists on truth : rabbinic evaluations of two audacious Biblical prayers

The differences between the wise and the foolish in Psalms : theodicy, understanding providence, and religious responses

A woman of valor has been found : Ruth amidst a sea of ambiguity

Peshat and derash in Megillat Esther

The contrasting leadership models of Ezra and Nehemiah

Entering the Holy of Holies : the Yom Kippur experience in Tanakh and liturgy

Our journey in the Haggadah : how its narratives and observances enable us to experience the Exodus.

ISBN:

9781602801769

1602801762

OCLC:

704121382

Publisher Number:

99943313948