Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Name: Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah
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ISBN: 9780198270317

ISBN-10: 0198270313

ISBN-13: 9780198270317

Edition: 2002

Authors: Alexander Samely

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In this book Dr Samely offers a systematic and detailed description of early rabbinic hermeneutics (midrash) as it can be reconstructed from the Mishnah (third century CE). The argument is based on a survey of all passages of biblical interpretation in this largely legal document. Dr Samely describes how the discourse of the rabbis appropriates Scripture while taking precise account of its wording. He 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…

Book details

List price: $310.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/21/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 494
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Alexander Samely is Professor of Jewish Thought, Manchester University.



List of Tables


Abbreviations and Special Signs



Hermeneutic Orientation and Introduction



Creating Scriptural Segments



Quotes and Causes. The Imposition of a Perspective on Scripture



Scripture's Words, Mishnah's Speech



Using Scripture as Hermeneutic Utterance



Biblical Events Illustrating Normative and Descriptive Schemata



Analogical Resources I: The a fortiori Inference



Analogical Resources II: Transfer Within and Between Co-texts



Taxonomic and Paradigmatic Extensions. Logical Constants



Biblical Presupposition and Canonical Meaning. Biblical Contradiction and Biblical Contrast



The Perspectives of Opposition



Projecting Commitment Through Scripture. The Midrashic Unit



Appropriating Redundancy. Clause Relationships



Constructing Words and Word Meaning. Metaphors



Reflection and Outlook



The Hermeneutic Configuration of the Mishnah: An Overview of Resources



Index of Mishnaic Units of Interpretation and Their Resources


Sample Entry of the Database of Midrashic Unites in the Mishnah


Glossary


Bibliography


Index of Passages Cited


Index of Authors


Index of Subjects and Names


Index of Hebrew Terms and Phrases