"People of the Book" offers the best introduction available to Jewish hermeneutics, a book capable of conveying the importance of the tradition to a wide audience of both academic and general readers. Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah. With a gift for weaving complex issues of interpretation into his own plot, he animates ancient texts by assigning them roles in his own highly persuasive narrative.
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"People of the Book" offers the best introduction available to Jewish hermeneutics, a book capable of conveying the importance of the tradition to a wide audience of both academic and general readers. Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah. With a gift for weaving complex issues of interpretation into his own plot, he animates ancient texts by assigning them roles in his own highly persuasive narrative.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 1997 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | November 1997 |
Authors | Moshe Halbertal |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 208 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-66112-7 |
Barcode | 9780674661127 |
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LSN | 0-674-66112-5 |