Title: Three approaches to biblical metaphor : from Abraham Ibn Ezra and Maimonides to David Kimhi /
Authors: Cohen, Mordechai Z.
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, Views on metaphor in the Bible.; Maimonides, Moses, Views on metaphor in the Bible.; Kimhi, David, Views on metaphor in the Bible.; Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr,; Maimonides, Moses,; Kimhi, David,; Bible. Language, style.; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History; Metaphor in the Bible.; Bible as literature.
Contents: Introduction: Metaphor and Biblical Interpretation -- Ch. 1. Ibn Ezra: Mashal -- 1.1. The Rules of Mashal Interpretation -- 1.2. Moses Ibn Ezra and the Poetics of Mashal -- 1.3. Mashal vs. Majaz: Refining Sa'adia's Method -- 1.4. Why Scripture Uses Mashal -- Ch. 2. Maimonides: Mashal, Hash'alah -- 2.1. The Linguistic Concept of Hash'alah -- 2.2. The Literary Concept of Mashal -- 2.3. Methaphorical Lanugage vs. Metaphorical Thought -- Ch. 3. Radak: Mashal, Melisah, Hash'alah -- 3.1. Mashal as Literary Comparison -- 3.2. Melisah and the Literal Sense -- 3.3. Hash'alah as Dead Metaphor -- 3.4. Radak's Innovation -- Ch. 4. Maimonides: Imaginative vs. Dead Metaphor -- 4.1. Mashal: Literary and Psychological Analysis -- 4.2. Hash'alah: Philological Analysis -- 4.3. Conclusion: The Maimonidean Choice -- Ch. 5. Ibn Ezra: Substitution -- 5.1. The Rules of Peshat -- 5.2. Mashal Exegesis -- 5.3. Exceptions to the Rule -- Ch. 6. Radak: Interaction -- 6.1. A New Province in the Realm of Peshat -- 6.2. Midrashic Roots -- 6.3. Joseph Kimhi's Influence -- Ch. 7. From Midrash to Peshat to Literary Criticism.