Jewish interpretation of the Bible : ancient and contemporary /
"Although Jewish tradition gives tremendous importance to the Hebrew Bible, from the beginning Jewish interpretation of those scriptures has been practiced with remarkable freedom. Karin Hedner Zetterholm introduces the legal, theological, and historical presuppositions that shaped the dominant...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Fortress Press
©2012.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt22nm8fw |
Table of Contents:
- Continuity and change in rabbinic Judaism
- Tradition in the making: the Mishnah and the Talmuds
- Rabbinic biblical interpretation: midrash
- The Jewish character of the early Jesus movement
- Continuity and change in contemporary Judaism.