Scripta Hierosolymitana

Scripta Hierosolymitana
Author: Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1967
Genre: Hebrew periodicals
ISBN:

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah
Author: Alexander Samely
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780198270317

This volume offers a systematic and detailed description of early rabbinic hermeneutics as it can be reconstructed from the Mishnah (third century c.e.). Samely clarifies the conditions of a modern appreciation of rabbinic hermeneutics and provides a unified set of concepts for its precise description, based on modern linguistics and philosophy of language. Basic features of rabbinic hermeneutics and its difference from modern historical reading are explained, and a catalogue of recurrent techniques of interpretation is defined.

Maimonides and Philosophy

Maimonides and Philosophy
Author: S. Pines
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9400944861

In the year 1985, presumed to mark the 850th anniversary of Maimonides' birth, the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter was dedicated to Maim onides as philosopher. We did not enter into the other aspects of his work, rabbinical, legal, medical, etc., except in so far as the relation between his philosophy and his work in halakha (Jewish law) is itself a philosophical question. That no one is quite certain about Maimonides' date of birth is symbolic of the state of his philosophy as well. Maimonides' thought poses various enigmas, lends itself to contradictory interpretations and gives rise today, as it did in the Middle Ages, to sustained controversies. Some of the contribu tions to the present volume deal with these and cognate topics. Others deal with certain aspects of the philosophical tradition in which Maimonides was rooted, with some traits peculiar to the Islamic society in the midst of which he lived, and with his influence on Christian scholasticism. Maimonides' thought had many facets, and for this and other reasons the question as to his place and stature in the history of philosophy admits of no simple answer. In this volume an attempt has been made to draw atten tion to some of these complexities.

Scripture and Interpretation

Scripture and Interpretation
Author: Ariel Feldman
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2014-11-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110303051

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew Bible in various ways. This genre seems to have been a popular literary form in ancient Judaism literature. However, the Qumran texts of this type are particularly interesting for they offer for the first time a large sample of such compositions in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Since the rewritten Bible texts do not use the particular style and nomenclature specific to the literature produced by the Qumran community. Many of these texts are unknown from any other sources, and have been published only during the last two decades. They therefore became the object of intense scholarly study. However, most the attention has been directed to the longer specimens, such as the Hebrew Book of Jubilees and the Aramaic Genesis Apocryphon. The present volume addresses the less known and poorly studied pieces, a group of eleven small Hebrew texts that rework the Hebrew Bible. It provides fresh editions, translations and detailed commentaries for each one. The volume thus places these texts within the larger context of the Qumran library, aiming at completing the data about the rewritten Bible.

The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity

The Interpretation of Scripture in Early Judaism and Christianity
Author: Craig A. Evans
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2000-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1841270768

This volume assembles several important studies that examine the role of language in meaning and interpretation. The various contributions investigate interpretation in the versions, in intertestamental traditions, in the New Testament, and in the rabbis and the targumim. The authors, who include well-known veterans as well as younger scholars, explore the differing ways in which the language of Scripture stimulates the understanding of the sacred text in late antiquity and gives rise to important theological themes. This book is a significant resource for any scholar interested in the interpretation of Scripture in and just after the biblical period.

Synoptic Studies

Synoptic Studies
Author: Christopher M. Tuckett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2015-01-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1474231209

The essays in this collection edited by Christopher M. Tuckett are taken from two conferences held at Ampleforth Abbey in 1982 and 1983. The discussion at these conferences centred on the issue of the Synoptic Problem, and special consideration was given to a critique of the 'two-document hypothesis' or the idea that the chronological ordering of Luke and Matthew after Mark enabled the two former to draw on the latter and, in addition, a document entitled 'Q'. This established idea has since been challenged, with new arguments suggesting that in fact Matthew originated first, and Mark was reliant on Matthew for its source material. This discussion has since been continued and while no definitive answer can be offered, this collection of essays promises a fascinating view of the issues that have arisen, and the attempts to reconcile and understand the Synoptic Problem.

Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory

Hebrew Scripture in Patristic Biblical Theory
Author: Edmon Louis Gallagher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2012-03-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004228020

The status of the Christian Old Testament as originally Hebrew scripture had certain theoretical implications for many early Christians. While they based their exegesis on Greek translations and considered the LXX inspired in its own right, the Fathers did acknowledge the Hebrew origins of their Old Testament and in some ways defined their Bible accordingly. Hebrew scripture exerted its influence on patristic biblical theory especially in regard to issues of the canon, language, and text of the Bible. For many Fathers, only documents thought to be originally composed in Hebrew could be considered canonical, the Hebrew language was considered the primordial language subsequently confined to Israel, and the LXX, as the most faithful translation, corresponded precisely to the Hebrew text.

Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture

Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture
Author: Brevard S. Childs
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1979
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780800605322

This Introduction attempts to offer a different model for the discipline from that currently represented. It seeks to describe the form and function of the Hebrew Bible in its role as sacred scripture for Israel. It argues the case that the biblical literature has not been correctly understood or interpreted because its role as religious literature has not been correctly assessed.