Scripture and Tradition : : Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash / / Azzan Yadin-Israel.
The earliest rabbinic commentary to the Book of Leviticus, the Sifra, is generally considered an exemplum of Rabbi Akiva's intensely scriptural school of interpretation. But, Azzan Yadin-Israel contends, the Sifra commentary exhibits two distinct layers of interpretation that bring dramatically...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. A Hermeneutic of Camouflage
- Chapter 1. The Sifra as Midrash: Hermeneutic Markedness
- Chapter 2. The Sifra as Midrash: Vacuity and Semantic Discontinuity
- Chapter 3. Terminological Identity and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage
- Chapter 4. "On the Basis of This, They Said" (Mikan 'Amru) and the Role of Scripture
- Part II. The Curious Career of Rabbi Akiva
- Chapter 5. Rabbi Akiva the Interpreter: From the Mishnah to the Talmud
- Chapter 6: Rabbi Akiva, the Anonymous Sifra, and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage
- Chapter 7. Rabbi Akiva's Biographical Transformation
- Part III . Midrash and Halakhot: A Reevaluation
- Chapter 8. The Anomaly of Tannaitic Literature: Interpretation, Revelation, and Mysteries
- Excursus. Oral Tradition as the Site of Esotericism
- Chapter 9. Midrash and Extra-Scriptural Tradition: A Synchronic Model
- Conclusion: Rabbi Akiva and the Ironic Triumph of Midrash
- Appendix: Hebrew Sources
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index of Classical Sources
- General Index
- Acknowledgments