A philosopher of scripture : : the exegesis and thought of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi / / by Raphael Dascalu.

• Superior document: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; volume80
• VerfasserIn: Dascalu, Raphael,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval; volume80.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (489 pages).
• Notes: Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--The University of Chicago, 2016.

Tanḥum b. Joseph ha-Yerushalmi (d. 1291, Fusṭāṭ, Egypt) was a rigorous linguist and philologist, philosopher and mystic, and a biblical exegete of singular breadth. As well as providing us with an insight into the inner world of a profound and original thinker, his oeuvre sheds light on a Jewish historical and cultural milieu that remains relatively poorly understood: the Islamic East in the post-Maimonidean period. In A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi, Raphael Dascalu presents the first detailed intellectual portrait of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi. Tanḥum emerges as a polymath with a clear intellectual program, an eclectic thinker who brought multiple traditions together in his search for the philosophical meaning of Scripture.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Tanḥum Ha-Yerushalmi’s Life and Works -- Tanḥum’s Biblical Exegesis in Context -- Tanḥum’s Commentary to the Book of Jonah -- Tanḥum’s Commentary to Qohelet -- Tanḥum’s Commentary to the Song of Songs -- Concluding Remarks -- Back Matter -- Tanḥum Ha-Yerushalmi’s Commentary to the Book of Jonah: Introduction and Esoteric Commentary -- Tanḥum Ha-Yerushalmi’s Introduction to His Commentary on Qohelet -- Tanḥum Ha-Yerushalmi’s Introduction to His Commentary to the Song of Songs -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Subject Index.