Peshat and derash :
Halivni, David.
Peshat and derash : plain and applied meaning in Rabbinic exegesis / Rabbinic exegesis David Weiss Halivni. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-230) and indexes.
This text offers an explanation in this text for the willingness of the early sages to attribute to scripture meanings not suggested in the text itself. The author posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" was actually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.
0585339341 9780585339344 9780195115710 0195115716 9780195353938 0195353935
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Midrash.
Bible.--Old Testament.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Judaism Scriptures.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BS1186 / .H28 1991eb
221.6/088296
Peshat and derash : plain and applied meaning in Rabbinic exegesis / Rabbinic exegesis David Weiss Halivni. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-230) and indexes.
This text offers an explanation in this text for the willingness of the early sages to attribute to scripture meanings not suggested in the text itself. The author posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" was actually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.
0585339341 9780585339344 9780195115710 0195115716 9780195353938 0195353935
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Midrash.
Bible.--Old Testament.
RELIGION--Biblical Criticism & Interpretation--Old Testament.
Judaism Scriptures.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
BS1186 / .H28 1991eb
221.6/088296