Peshat and derash: plain and applied meaning in rabbinic exegesis
Auteur :
Halivni
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195115710
Date de publication :
7 janv. 1999
Dimensions :
20,0 x 14,4 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
354 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This text offers an explanation in this text for the willingness of the early sages to attribute to scripture meanings not suggested in the text itself. The author posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning.