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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Cohen, Mordechai Z. Opening the gates of interpretation : Maimonides' biblical hermeneutics in light of his Geonic-Andalusian heritage and Muslim milieu / by Mordechai Z. Cohen. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. 1 online resource (596 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, 0169-815X ; t. 48 Description based upon print version of record. English Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ The Geonic-Andalusian Heritage -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ in Maimonides’ System -- Rationale for the Commandments -- Mashal as Hermeneutical Model -- Peshuto Shel Miqra Halakhic Exegesis and Muslim Jurisprudence -- Maimonides’ Rule of Peshat Primacy -- Transformation of the Peshat Principle -- Integrating Halakhah and Peshat -- Comprehensive Overview Coordinating Peshat and Ẓāhir -- The Gates of Taʾwīl and Interpretive -- Maimonides in the Exegetical Constellation -- Meaning and Translation of the Peshat Principle -- The Term Peshat in Maimonides’ Other Writings -- Ibn Ezra’s List of Examples in Yesod Mora -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources -- Index of Maimonidean Citations. 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 Includes bibliographical references and index. Commandments (Judaism) Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Spain Andalusia. Bible. O.T. Hermeneutics. Bible. O.T. Islamic interpretations. Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Saadia ben Joseph, 882-942. 90-04-18932-7 Etudes sur le judaisme medieval ; t. 48. |
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Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ The Geonic-Andalusian Heritage -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ in Maimonides’ System -- Rationale for the Commandments -- Mashal as Hermeneutical Model -- Peshuto Shel Miqra Halakhic Exegesis and Muslim Jurisprudence -- Maimonides’ Rule of Peshat Primacy -- Transformation of the Peshat Principle -- Integrating Halakhah and Peshat -- Comprehensive Overview Coordinating Peshat and Ẓāhir -- The Gates of Taʾwīl and Interpretive -- Maimonides in the Exegetical Constellation -- Meaning and Translation of the Peshat Principle -- The Term Peshat in Maimonides’ Other Writings -- Ibn Ezra’s List of Examples in Yesod Mora -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources -- Index of Maimonidean Citations. |
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