Jewish hermeneutical theology
By: Michael Fishbane ; edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes
Contributors: Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950- editor; Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- editor
Series: Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers -- volume 14; Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers -- v. 14.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789004285439; 9789004285491; 9789004285484
Subjects: Doctrines; Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; Bible; Judaism; Hermeneutics
Description: "Michael Fishbane is Nathan Cummings Distinguished Service Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Trained in biblical studies and the ancient Near East at Brandeis University, he has written on rabbinic interpretation, medieval Jewish philosophy and mysticism, Hasidism, modern Jewish philosophy, and Hebrew poetry. His earlier groundbreaking historical work has provided the foundation for his more recent constructive hermeneutic theology. Among his numerous books are the award-winning 'Biblical interpretation in ancient Israel' (1985) and 'Kiss of God' (1994), 'Biblical myth and rabbinic mythmaking' (2003), and 'Sacred attunement: A Jewish theology' (2008). He is, in addition, an elected member of the American Academy of Jewish Research and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280).
Table of contents: title: Michael Fishbane: an intellectual portrait; title: Modern Jewish theology and traditional hermeneutics; title: Midrash and the nature of scripture; title: Five stages of Jewish myth and mythmaking; title: The Bible in the Jewish mystical tradition; title: A Jewish hermeneutical theology; title: Biblical hermeneutics and philosophical theology; title: Interview with Michael Fishbane.