Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
8 - Jewish Interpretation
from Part II - Frameworks/Stances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2022
Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
The chapter on Jewish interpretation focuses on the role that biblical interpretation has played and still plays in the development of Jewish tradition, and how it has shaped Jewish practices, theology and ethics from antiquity to our own time. It provides a survey of important phases in the history of biblical interpretation from antiquity to the present.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 153 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
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Henze, Matthias, ed. A Companion to Biblical Interpretation in Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.Google Scholar
Holtz, Barry W., ed. Back to the Sources: Reading Classic Jewish Texts. New York: Summit Books, 1984.Google Scholar
Lawee, Eric. Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah: Canonization and Resistance in the Reception of a Jewish Classic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Polliack, Meira, and Brenner-Idan, Athalya, eds. Jewish Biblical Exegesis from Islamic Lands: The Medieval Period. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2019.Google Scholar
Shinan, Avigdor, and Zakovitch, Yair. From Gods to God: How the Bible Debunked, Suppressed, or Changed Ancient Myths and Legends. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012.Google Scholar
Sommer, Benjamin D., ed. Jewish Concepts of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction. New York: New York University Press, 2012.Google Scholar
Stern, David. Parables in Midrash: Narrative Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.Google Scholar
Yadin-Israel, Azzan. Scripture and Tradition: Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zetterholm, Karin Hedner. Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Modern. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar