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Scripture as Logos Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash Azzan Yadin <p>"This is perhaps the most significant and innovative scholarly work on the halakhic midrashim in the past thirty years. The claims are extremely convincing, the scholarship is rigorous, and the writing is engaging. The conclusions repeatedly break new ground and dispel mistaken ideas that have been accepted among scholars. Most impressive, Yadin consistently displays a command of both textual expertise and theory."--Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, New York University</p> <p>The study of midrash--the biblical exegesis, parables, and anecdotes of the Rabbis--has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. Most recent scholarship, however, has focused on the aggadic or narrative midrash, while halakhic or legal midrash--the exegesis of biblical law--has received relatively little attention. In <i>Scripture as Logos</i>, Azzan Yadin addresses this long-standing need, examining early, tannaitic (70-200 C.E.) legal midrash, focusing on the interpretive tradition associated with the figure of Rabbi Ishmael.</p> <p>This is a sophisticated study of midrashic hermeneutics, growing out of the observation that the Rabbi Ishmael midra

Author

Azzan Yadin-Israel

Publisher

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812204124

Subjects

History, Judaism, Religion