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The Exegetical Imagination: On Jewish Thought and Theology

By Michael Fishbane

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
9780674272668
DOI
10.4159/9780674272668
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2102518 bytes)
Pages
248\248
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 11:13:50

Description

Exegesis—interpretation and explanation of sacred texts—is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Fishbane discusses the nature and rationale of this interpretative process in a series of studies on ancient Jewish speculative theology. Focusing on questions pondered in Midrash, he shows how religious ideas are generated or justified by exegesis.

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