Hebrew Bible, Old Testament : : the history of its interpretation. / Volume I, : From the beginning to the Middle Ages (until 1300). Part 2, The Middle Ages / / in co-operation with Chris Brekelmans and Menahem Haran ; edited by Magne Sæbø.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sæbø, Magne,; Brekelmans, Chris,; Haran, Menahem,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (733 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

24 scholars - Jewish, Protestant, Roman Catholic - from North America, Israel, and various European countries, contribute to this rich volume on medieval interpretation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (5th through 12th centuries). Geographically, they cover most of the world as it was known in these times: from Syria to Spain, from Rome to the Rhine and the Seine.The volume also contains supplements to the previous volume, on Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon. The indexes (names, topics, references to biblical sources and a broad body of literature beyond) are the key to the we

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Preface; C. Christian and Jewish Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament in the Middle Ages ; 23. The Problem of Periodization of 'the Middle Ages': Some Introductory Remarks. By Magne Sæbø, Oslo; 24. Political and Cultural Changes from the Fifth to the Eleventh Century. By Aryeh Grabois, Haifa; 1. The Decline of the Roman Empire and Its Successors; 2. The Rise of Muslim Civilization; 3. The New Political and Social Order in the Carolingian Era

4. The Effect of Political, Social and Cultural Upheavals for the Jewish Settlements and Centres of Learning25. Jewish Bible Interpretation in Early Post-Talmudic Times; 25.1. The Significance of Hebrew Philology for the Development of a Literal and Historical Jewish Bible Interpretation. By Frederick E. Greenspahn, Denver, CO; 25.2. The Interpretative Value of the Massoretic Punctuation. By E. J. Revell, Toronto; 25.3. The Geonim of Babylonia as Biblical Exegetes. By Robert Brody, Jerusalem; 1. Introduction; 2. The Scope of Geonic Exegesis; 3. Exegetical Principles

4. Theological and Polemical Dimensions5. The Relationship between Talmudic and Geonic Exegesis; 25.4. Medieval Jewish Biblical Exegesis in Northern Africa. By Frederick E. Greenspahn, Denver, CO; 25.5. Early Hebraists in Spain: Menahẹm ben Saruq and Dunash ben Labrat.̣ By Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Madrid; 1. Introduction; 2. The Philological and Exegetical Work of Menahem and Dunash; 3. Hermeneutical Attitude; 4. Philological Exegesis; 25.6. Karaite Exegesis. By Daniel Frank, Columbus, OH; 1. Introduction: Karaism and Scripturalism; 2. Origins in the East (ca. 750-950); 2.1. Anan ben David

2.2. Daniel al-Qûmisî2.3. Polemics between Saadiah Gaon and Karaite Scholars; 2.4. Al-Qirqisânî; 3. The Jerusalem School (ca. 950-1099); 3.1. The Mourners for Zion (ca. 950-1000); 3.2. The Scholastic Phase (Eleventh Century); 4. The Later Byzantine Phase; 25.7. Clearing Peshat and Derash. By Stephan Garfinkel, New York; 26. Gregory the Great: A Figure of Tradition and Transition in Church Exegesis. By Stephan Ch. Kessler, Freiburg/Br.; 1. General and Biographical Remarks; 2. The Role of the Bible in the Non-Exegetical Scriptures of Gregory; 3. Gregory's Exegetical Work; 4. Conclusion

27. The Institutional Framework of Christian Exegesis in the Middle Ages. By Ulrich Köpf, Tübingen1. Preliminary Notes; 2. Theological Education before the Universities; 2.1. Monastic Erudition; 2.1.1. The Variety of Early Medieval Monasticism; 2.1.2. Concept and Reality of Monastic Education; 2.1.3. The Monastery as Framework of Monastic Erudition; 2.2. Urban Clerical Schools; 2.3. Other Sites of Christian Education; 3. Theological Education and Learning at Universities; 3.1. The First Universities; 3.2. Masters and Students at the Theological Faculty; 3.2.1. Secular Clergy and Monks

3.2.2. The New Orders