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Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel

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The role of scribes in the transmission of biblical literature lexical and explicative comments was discussed in this paper, where the scope and content of biblical law as a factor in the emergence of exegesis was discussed.
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Part 1 Scribal comments and corrections: the role of scribes in the transmission of biblical literature lexical and explicative comments pious revisions and theological addenda. Part 2 Legal exegesis: 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. Part 3 Aggadic exegesis: preliminary considerations aggadic exegesis of legal traditions in the prophetic literature aggadic transformations of non-legal Pentateuchal traditions aggadic exegesis in historiographical literature. Part 4 Mantological exegesis: 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. Epilogue.

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