Biblical narrative and the formation of rabbinic law / Jane L. Kanarek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanarek, Jane L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, Narrative.

Bible.

Narration in the Bible.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Jewish law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Biblical Narrative & the Formation of Rabbinic Law

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law. Through close readings of selected Talmudic and midrashic texts, Kanarek demonstrates that rabbinic legal readings of narrative scripture are best understood through the framework of a referential exegetical web. She shows that law should be viewed as both prescriptive of normative behavior and as a meaning-making enterprise. By explicating the hermeneutical processes through which biblical narratives become resources for legal norms, this book transforms our understanding of the relationship of law and narrative as well as the ways in which scripture becomes a rabbinic document that conveys legal authority and meaning.

Contents:

Introduction : Law, narrative and exegesis

Abraham's knife

Rebekah's betrothal

Joseph's mourning

An assembly of ten.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-95050-9

1-139-96219-1

1-139-94945-4

1-139-96112-8

1-107-25650-X

1-139-95688-4

1-139-95901-8

1-139-95795-3

1-139-96007-5

9781139959018