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Peshat and Derash

David Weiss Halivni
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      In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" wasactually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Weiss Halivni EAN: 9780195115710 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 343 g HEIGHT: 211 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-01-07 CITY: GENRE: BIBLES / Other English Translations / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Judaism, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

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      In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" wasactually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Weiss Halivni EAN: 9780195115710 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 343 g HEIGHT: 211 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press Inc DATE PUBLISHED: 1999-01-07 CITY: GENRE: BIBLES / Other English Translations / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Judaism, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

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