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8 - Jewish Interpretation

from Part II - Frameworks/Stances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2022

By
Karin Hedner Zetterholm
Edited by
Ian Boxall  and
Bradley C. Gregory
Ian Boxall
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Bradley C. Gregory
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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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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midrashpeshathistory of interpretationJewish law
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The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 153 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Berlin, Adele, and Brettler, Marc Zvi, eds. The Jewish Study Bible (Essays). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
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

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