The rule of peshat: Jewish constructions of the plain sense of scripture and their Christian and Muslim contexts, 900-1270
Adopting a comparative approach that explores Jewish interactions with Muslim and Christian learning, Mordechai Z. Cohen sheds new light on the key turns in the vibrant medieval tradition of Jewish Bible interpretation, which yielded a conception of peshat exegesis that remains a gold standard in Je...
| Summary: | Adopting a comparative approach that explores Jewish interactions with Muslim and Christian learning, Mordechai Z. Cohen sheds new light on the key turns in the vibrant medieval tradition of Jewish Bible interpretation, which yielded a conception of peshat exegesis that remains a gold standard in Jewish hermeneutics to this day. Cover -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Geonim and Karaites: Appropriating Methods of Qur'an Interpretation -- Chapter 2. The Andalusian School: Linguistic and Literary Advances in the Muslim Orbit -- Chapter 3. Rashi: Peshat Revolution in Northern France -- Chapter 4. Qara and Rashbam: Refining the Northern French Peshat Model -- Chapter 5. The Byzantine Tradition: A Newly Discovered Exegetical School -- Chapter 6. Abraham Ibn Ezra: Transplanted Andalusian Peshat Model -- Chapter 7. Maimonides: Peshat as the Basis of Halakhah -- Chapter 8. Nahmanides: A New Model of Scriptural Multivalence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Scriptural References -- Acknowledgments. |
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| ISBN: | 0812297016 |