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In this almost painfully beautiful book... Fishbane... explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern Western Jew. "" -Theology Today A book well worth reading."" -The Jerusalem Post This wonderful volume documents the intellectual and spiritual odyssey of one of North America's foremost Jewish biblical scholars."" -Shofar

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Author:   Michael Fishbane
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780253207524

ISBN 10:   0253207525
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   22 September 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface I. THE HERMENEUTICS OF SCRIPTURE IN FORMATION 1. Inner-Biblical Exegesis: Types and Strategies of Interpretation in Ancient Israel 2. Extra-Biblical Exegesis: The Sense of Not Reading in Rabbinic Midrash 3. The Garments of Torah-Or, to What May Scripture Be Compared? II. SCRIPTURAL HERMENEUTICS AND THE FORMS OF CULTURE 4. Israel and the Mothers 5. From Scribalism to Rabbinism: Perspectiveson the Emergence of Classical Judaism III. HERMENEUTICS, SCRIPTURE, AND THE PRESENT HOUR 6. The Biblical Dialogue of Martin Buber 7. Martin Buber's Moses 8. Speech and Scripture: The Grammatical Thinking and Theology of Franz Rosenzweig 9. The Teacher and the Hermeneutical Task: A Reinterpretation of Medieval Exegesis Conclusion: The Notion of a Sacred Text Notes Index

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In this almost painfully beautiful book ... Fishbane ... explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern Western Jew. - Theology Today A book well worth reading. - The Jerusalem Post This wonderful volume documents the intellectual and spiritual odyssey of one of North America's foremost Jewish biblical scholars. - Shofar

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