A mirror of rabbinic hermeneutics
Subtitle: studies in religion, magic and language theory in ancient Judaism
By: Veltri Giuseppe
Series: Studia Judaica -- volume 82
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9783110368376
Subjects: Rabbinical literature; History and criticism
Description: "Rabbinic hermeneutics in ancient Judaism reflects this multifaceted world of the text and of reality, seen as a world of reference worth commentary. As a mirror, it includes this world but perhaps also falsifies reality, adapting it to one's own aims and necessities. This book explores the rabbinic concern with texts as the main area of influence of the rabbinic academy in a space between the texts of the past and the real world of the present"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index.