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Author Fishbane, Michael, 1943-

Title Biblical interpretation in ancient Israel / Michael Fishbane.

Publication Info. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, [1985]
©1985

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 617 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-558)-and indexes.
Contents Part I. Scribal comments and corrections -- Introduction: the role of scribes in the transmission of biblical literature -- Lexical and explicative comments -- Pious revisions and theological addenda -- Conclusions -- Part II. Legal exegesis -- Introduction: the scope and content of biblical law as a factor in the emergence of exegesis -- Legal exegesis with verbatim, paraphrastic, or pseudo-citations in historical sources -- Legal exegesis with covert citations in historical sources -- Legal exegesis and explication in the pentateuchal legal corpora -- Conclusions --- Part III. Aggadic exegesis -- Introduction: preliminary considerations -- Aggadic exegesis of legal traditions in the prophetic literature -- Aggadic transformations of non-legal pentateuchal traditions -- Aggadic exegesis in the historiographical literature -- Conclusions -- Part IV. Mantological exegesis. Introduction: the shape and nature of mantological material as factors for exegesis -- The mantological exegesis of dreams, visions, and omens -- The mantological exegesis of oracles -- Generic transformations -- Conclusions.
Summary An award-winning study which analyzes the phenomenon of textual analysis in ancient Israel, exploring the tradition of exegesis prior to the development of biblical interpretation in early classical Judaism and the earliest Christian communities.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament -- Theology.
Theology.
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Israel -- History.
Israel.
History.
Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives.
Bible. A.T. -- Théologie.
Indexed Term Bible O.T. Ancient Israeli interpretation
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fishbane, Michael A. Biblical interpretation in ancient Israel. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©1985 0198263252 9780198263258 (DLC) 83026797 (OCoLC)10300060
ISBN 9780191520358 (electronic book)
0191520357 (electronic book)
0198263252
9780198263258