The challenge of received tradition
Subtitle: dilemmas of interpretation in Radak's biblical commentaries
By: Naomi Grunhaus
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780199858408
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Rabbinical literature; Bible; Hermeneutics; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Statements of principle and methodology; title: Rabbinic interpretation as a necessity; title: Polarized comments; title: Confluence of alternative exegetical modes; title: Challenges to rabbinic aggadic statements; title: Rejection of rabbinic legal statements; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Complexity of rabbinic comments and Radak's analysis; title: Bibliography.