Deconstructing the Bible
Subtitle: Abraham Ibn Ezra's introduction to the Torah
By: Irene Lancaster.
Contributors: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon Jewish philosophy series; RoutledgeCurzon Jewish studies series.
Publisher: Routledgecurzon; Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167.; Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167 -- Sources.; Bible. O.T. -- Hermeneutics.; Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.; Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects.
Genres: Sources.
Description: "This book represents the first attempt by a single author to place the great Spanish Jewish Hebrew Bible exegete, grammarian, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist, Abraham ibn Ezra, (1089-1164) in his complete contextual environment. It charts his unusual travels and discusses changes and contradictions in his hermeneutic approach, analysing his vision of the future for the Jewish people in the Christian north of Europe, rather than Muslim Spain. It also examines his influence on subsequent Jewish thought, as well as his place in the wider hermeneutic debate."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes English translation of the Haḳdamah to Ibn Ezra's Perush ha-Torah.