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'Now I Know': Five Centuries of Aqedah Exegesis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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'Now I Know': Five Centuries of Aqedah Exegesis (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy, 17
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This book describes how medieval Jewish Bible scholars sought to
answer the question of what is meant by the Angel's message from
God to Abraham: 'Now I Know', as written in Genesis 22 verse 12. It
examines these scholars' comments on the nineteen verses in Genesis
that tell the story of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his own son
Isaac, the Aqedat Yishaq. It explores the answers they found to the
question of what, indeed, this story is trying to tell us. Is it a
drastic way to condemn the practice of child sacrifice? Does it
call for replacing human sacrifices with animal sacrifices? Is it a
trial by which the Almighty tests the fidelity of one of His
followers? Or is it His way to show the world the nature of true
belief? The book starts with an introduction to familiarize readers
with the many and varied manifestations of the Aqedah theme in
Jewish culture and with the developments of medieval Jewish Bible
exegesis in general. Next, it offers translations and analyses of
the classical medieval Jewish Bible commentaries that deal with the
exegesis of Genesis 22, exploring the many angles from which the
Aqedah story has been understood. No less than five centuries of
medieval Aqedah exegesis are reviewed, from Saadya (882-942) to
Isaac Abrabanel (1437-1508). These texts from the commentaries are
combined with hermeneutical key passages by Moses Maimonides,
Joseph Ibn Kaspi, Hasdai Crescas, and others, which were familiar
to the minds of the exegetes, or which, conversely, reflect the
impact of biblical Aqedah exegesis on religious thought. Together,
the passages discussed illustrate the growth and development of
Jewish Bible exegesis in dialogue with the rabbinic sources and
with the various trends of thought and theology of their times. The
consistent focus on the Aqedah constitutes a unifying theme, while
the insights presented here greatly advance our understanding of
the various developments in medieval Jewish Bible exegesis.
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