Biblical text and exegetical culture : collected essays / Michael Fishbane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishbane, Michael, author.

Series:

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Biblical studies.

Biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Theology.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (633 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2022]

Summary:

In dieser Sammlung von Studien untersucht Michael Fishbane die komplexen und vielfältigen Beziehungen zwischen dem »biblischen Text« und der »exegetischen Kultur«. Er zeigt die vielfachen literarischen Dimensionen und Interpretationsstrategien auf, die antike Schriften prägten.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Biblical Israel

1. Composition and Structure in the Jacob Cycle (Genesis 25:19-35:22): Formations of Epic Narrative

2. Historical Narrative and Narrative Poetics in 1 Samuel 3: Composition and Creativity

3. Prophetic Loneliness and Anguish in Jeremiah 20:7-12 : Suffering and Subjectivity

4. Creation, Torah, and Hope: The Theological Construction of Psalm 19

5. Biblical Prophecy as a Religious Phenomenon

6. Israel and the "Mothers"

7. Varia Deuteronomica

8. Biblical Colophons, Textual Criticism, and Legal Analogies

9. Accusations of Adultery: A Study of Law and Scribal Practice in Numbers 5:11-31

10. Census and Intercession in a Priestly Text (Exodus 30:11-16) and in its Midrashic Transformation

11. Form and Reformulation of the Biblical Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:23-27)

12. Inner-Biblical Exegesis: Types and Strategies of Interpretation in Ancient Israel

13. Revelation and Tradition: Aspects of Inner-Biblical Exegesis

14. Hermeneutical and Spiritual Transformations of "Torah"-Instruction in Biblical and Rabbinic Tradition

15. Law to Canon : Some "Ideal-Typical" Stages of Development

Transition

16. The Qumran Pesher and Traits of Ancient Hermeneutics

17. Use, Authority, and Interpretation of Mikra at Qumran

18. The Well of Living Water: A Biblical Motif and its Ancient Transformations

19. Through a Looking Glass: Reflections on Ezekiel 43:3, Numbers 12:8, and 1 Corinthians 13:8

20. From Scribalism to Rabbinism: Perspectives on the Emergence of Classical Judaism

Ancient Judaism

21. Midrash and the Meaning of Scripture

22. Exegetical Theology and Divine Suffering in Jewish Thought

23. Five Stages of Jewish Myth and Mythmaking.

24. "The Holy One Sits and Roars": Mythopoesis and the Midrashic Imagination

25. Arm of the Lord: Biblical Myth, Rabbinic Midrash, and the Mystery of History

26. Some Forms of Divine Appearance in Ancient Jewish Thought

27. The "Measures" of God's Glory in Ancient Midrash

28. The Inwardness of Joy and Jewish Spirituality

29. The Imagination of Death in Jewish Spirituality

30. Action and Non-Action in Jewish Spirituality

31. Aspects of Jewish Magic in the Ancient Rabbinic Period

32. The Song of Songs and Ancient Jewish Religiosity: Between Eros and History

33. Aspects of the Transformation of Sacrifice in Judaism

34. Legal Authority and Moral Character: A Case Study in Rabbinic Law and Theology

35. Law, Story, and Interpretation: Reading Rabbinic Texts

36. Text and Canon

Conclusion

37. Canonical Texts, Covenantal Communities , and the Patterns of Exegetical Culture: Reflections on the Past Century

Original Publications

Index of Citations from Ancient and Medieval Sources

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-16-160728-7

OCLC:

1292352914