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Peshat and Derash - Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis (Paperback, Revised) Loot Price: R3,314
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Peshat and Derash - Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis (Paperback, Revised): David Weiss Halivni

Peshat and Derash - Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis (Paperback, Revised)

David Weiss Halivni

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In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" was actually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2002
First published: September 1998
Authors: David Weiss Halivni (Professor of Religious Studies)
Dimensions: 211 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 270
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511571-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
LSN: 0-19-511571-6
Barcode: 9780195115710

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