The Exegetical Imagination : : On Jewish Thought and Theology / / Michael Fishbane.
Exegesis--interpretation and explanation of sacred texts--is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Through such means and methods, the written words of Hebrew Scripture have been extended since antiquity, and given new voices for new times. In this lucid and often poetic book, Michael Fishbane delin...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Midrash and the Nature of Scripture
- 2 "The Holy One Sits and Roars": Mythopoesis and Midrashic Imagination
- 3 The Great Dragon Battle and Talmudic Redaction
- 4 The Measure and Glory of God in Ancient Midrash
- 5 Midrashic Theologies of Messianic Suffering
- 6 Five Stages of Jewish Myth and Mythmaking
- 7 The Book of Zohar and Exegetical Spirituality
- 8 Substitutes for Sacrifice in Judaism
- 9 Contemplation of Death in Jewish Piety
- 10 Joy and Jewish Spirituality
- 11 The Mystery of Dance According to Rabbi NaBhman of Bratzlav
- Notes
- Credits
- Index