Opening the gates of interpretation : : Maimonides' biblical hermeneutics in light of his Geonic-Andalusian heritage and Muslim milieu / / by Mordechai Z. Cohen.
The biblical hermeneutics of the illustrious philosopher-talmudist Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) has long been underappreciated, and viewed in isolation from the celebrated philological schools of “plain sense” ( peshat ) Jewish Bible exegesis. Aiming to redress this imbalance, this study identifies...
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Superior document: | Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, t. 48 |
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Etudes sur le judaisme medieval ;
t. 48. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (596 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | The biblical hermeneutics of the illustrious philosopher-talmudist Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) has long been underappreciated, and viewed in isolation from the celebrated philological schools of “plain sense” ( peshat ) Jewish Bible exegesis. Aiming to redress this imbalance, this study identifies Maimonides’ substantial contributions to that interpretive movement, assessing its achievements in cultural context. Like others in the rationalist Geonic-Andalusian school, Maimonides’ understanding of Scripture was informed by Arabic learning. Drawing upon Greco-Arabic logic, poetics, politics, physics and metaphysics, as well as Muslim jurisprudence, he devised sophisticated new approaches to key issues that occupied other exegetes, including a variety of interpretive cruxes, the reconciliation of Scripture with reason, a legal hermeneutics for deriving halakhah (Jewish law) from Scripture, and the nature of interpretation itself. \'It is a valuable contribution to the entire study of medieval biblical exegesis and will undoubtedly serve as the basis of all subsequent discussions of Maimonides' hermeneutics.\' Daniel J. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 128327065X 9786613270658 9004210067 |
ISSN: | 0169-815X ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Mordechai Z. Cohen. |