Exegesis

About: Exegesis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3017 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25212 citations. The topic is also known as: Bible interpretation.

Tehillah le-Moshe : biblical and Judaic studies in honor of Moshe Greenberg

Abstract: Moshe Greenberg: An Appreciation Bibliography of the Writings of Moshe Greenberg Abbreviations PART 1: Exegetical and Literary Studies Love of Zion: A Literary Interpretation of Psalm 137 - Shimon Bar-Efrat The Meaning of Amos's Third Vision (Amos 7:7-9) - Alan Cooper On Reading Genesis 12:10-20 - Barry L. Eichler Harvesting the Biblical Narrator's Scanty Plot of Ground: A Holistic Approach to Judges 16:4-22 - J. Cheryl Exum Proverbs 2 and 31: A Study in Structural Complementarity - David Noel Freedman Reading Rahab - Tikva Frymer-Kensky Psalm 8 on the Power and Mystery of Speech - Walter Harrelson Two Aspects of the 'Tent of Meeting' - Israel Knohl The Firstfruits Festivals of Grain and the Composition of Leviticus 23: 9-21 - Jacob Milgrom What Did Laban Demand of Jacob? A New Reading of Genesis 31:50 and Exodus 21:10 - Jonathan Paradise A Lover's Garden of Verse: Literal and Metaphorical Imagery in Ancient Near Eastern Love Poetry - Shalom M. Paul Nahemiah 9: An Important Witness of Theological Reflection - Rolf Rendtorff Naboth's Vineyard Revisited (1 Kings 21) - Nahum M. Sarna The 'Aramean' of Deuteronomy 26:5: Peshat and Derash - Richard C. Steiner 'He Begot a Son in His Likeness after His Image' (Genesis 5:3) - Jeffrey H. Tigay Different Editions of the Song of Hannah and of Its Narrative Framework - Emanuel Tov PART 2: Historical, Thematic, and Methodological Studies On the Use of Traditional Jewish Exegesis in the Modern Literary Study of the Bible - Adele Berlin The Genre of the Biblical Commentary as Problem and Challenge - Brevard S. Childs David's Jerusalem: Notes and Reflections - Mordechai Cogan The Berit 'Covenant': Its Nature and Ceremonial Background - Menahem Haran Prophecy and Soothsaying - Yair Hoffman The Next Phase in Jewish Religion: The Land of Israel as Sacred Space - Baruch A. Levine The Methods of Late Biblical Scribes as Evidenced by the Septuagint Compared with the Other Textual Witnesses - Alexander Rofe PART 3: Postbiblical and Rabbinic Studies Rabbinic Mythmaking and Tradition: The Great Dragon Drama in b. Baba Batra 74b-75a - Michael Fishbane A Law and Its Interpretation - Judah Goldin Masorah and Halakhah: A Study in Conflict - Sid Z. Leiman The Akedah-and What to Remember - Michael Rosenak English Abstracts of Hebrew Essays Index of Authors Index of Scripture Index of Ancient and Premodern Sources Hebrew Essays PART 1: Biblical Studies The Countenance of YHWH - Shmuel Ahituv Creation and the Calendar of Holiness - Yairah Amit The Philistine Entity and the Origin of the Name 'Palestine' - Israel Eph'al On the Borderline between Biblical Criticism and Hebrew Linguistics: The Emergence of the Term - Avi Hurvitz 'A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath Day' - Meir Weiss Fragments of an Ezekiel Scroll from Masada 1043-2220 (Ezekiel 35:11-38:14) - Shemaryahu Talmon New Mari Documents and the Prophecy of Ezekiel - Abraham Malamat The Origin and Development of Languages on Earth: The Sumerian versus the Biblical View - Jacob Klein 'And if Given the Strength-Eighty Years': The Terms for Longevity in Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, and Mishnaic Hebrew - Hayim Tadmor Part 2: Second Temple, Rabbinic, and Medieval Studies A Semantic Analysis - Moshe Weinfeld 'Was It Not at His Hand the Sun Stopped?' (Ben Sira 46:6): A Chapter in Literary Archaeology - Yair Zakovitch Tradition and Innovation in the Commentary of Rabbi Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam) on Job: The Hymn to Wisdom (Job 28) - Sara Japhet The Pre-70 C.E. Judean Synagogue: Its Origins and Character Reexamined - Lee I. Levine Was Maimonides Influenced by Al-Ghazzali? - Hava Lazarus-Yafeh Peshat Exegesis of Biblical Historiography: Historicism, Dogmatism, and Medievalism - Uriel Simon Additional Fragments of the 'Rhymed Ben Sira' - Ezra Fleischer Midrashic Derivations regarding the Transformation of the Names Jacob and Israel according to Traditional Jewish Exegesis: Semantic and Syntatic Aspects - Simcha Kogut 'Moses Had Written about Many Deeds...and David Came and Explained Them' (Exodus Rabbah 15:22) - Avigdor Shinan Indexes to Hebrew Essays

Biblical Interpretation at Qumran

Abstract: The Dead Sea Scrolls are an invaluable source of information about Jewish biblical interpretation in antiquity. This volume by preeminent scholars in the field examines central aspects of scriptural interpretation as it was practiced at Qumran and discusses their implications for understanding the biblical tradition. While many of the forms of biblical interpretation found in the Scrolls have parallels elsewhere in Jewish literature, other kinds are original to the Scrolls and were unknown prior to the discovery of the caves. These chapters explore examples of biblical interpretation unique to Qumran, including legal exegesis and the Pesher. Readers will also find discussion of such fascinating subjects as the "rewritten Bible," views on the creation of humanity, the "Pseudo-Ezekiel" texts, the pesharim, and the prophet David. Contributors: Moshe J. Bernstein Shani Berrin Monica Brady George J. Brooke John J. Collins Peter W. Flint Matthias Henze Shlomo A. Koyfman Michael Segal James C. VanderKam

Jewish Exegesis and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria

Abstract: 1 Setting the stage Part I Early Jewish Responses to Homeric Scholarship: 2 A conservative reaction to critical scholarship in the letter of Aristeas 3 Questions and answers in Aristotelian style: Demetrius' anonymous colleagues 4 Aristobulus' questions and answers as a tool for philosophical instruction Part II Critical Homeric Methods in the Fragments of Philo's Anonymous Colleagues: 5 Comparative mythology 6 Historical perspectives on Scripture 7 Traces of text criticism among Alexandrian Jews Part III The Inversion of Homeric Scholarship by Philo: 8 Literal methods of Homeric scholarship in Philo's allegorical commentary 9 Philo's questions and answers as a manual of instruction 10 Philo's exposition of the law at a significant distance from Alexandrian scholarship Epilogue Abbreviations Bibliography Index

With reverence for the Word : medieval scriptural exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Abstract: PART ONE: MEDIEVAL JEWISH BIBLICAL EXEGESIS PART TWO: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN BIBLICAL EXEGESIS PART THREE: MEDIEVAL EXEGESIS OF THE QUR'AN

Augustine as biblical scholar

Abstract: Augustine's achievements as a biblical scholar and exegete can be appreciated only in relation to his childhood and general education. The African Council of Carthage of 397, at which Augustine was present, recognised an Old Testament Canon which included the books of the Apocrypha and a New Testament Canon which included Hebrews and Peter. The actual text of scripture upon which Augustine exercised his exegetical talent varied during the course of his life. Augustine's own views on scriptural exegesis are set out in the treatise De Doctrina Christiana which appeared in its final form only in 427, and which may therefore be regarded as representing his mature opinion. Augustine's approach to scriptural exegesis is first and foremost that of a pastor, designed to instruct his congregation in the doctrine of the Church and to stir their minds to greater warmth of devotion.