People of the book
Subtitle: canon, meaning, and authority
By: Moshe Halbertal.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; Bible. O.T. -- Canon
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-179) and index.