Free Download Isaac Gottlieb, "Order as Meaning: Chronology, Sequence, and Juxtaposition in the Bible With an Essay by Daniel Frank "
English | ISBN: 3110584506 | 2023 | 211 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Jewish Bible commentary in the Middle Ages took on two aspects, the Sephardic and the Ashkenazic. The first, Spanish interpretation, developed in a Muslim surrounding, which appreciated secular studies, the sciences, and Arabic literature, much of which it had translated from Greek. These studies made their mark on Bible exegesis, which sought the simple straightforward sense (peshat) of a verse and its grammatical meaning. The Ashkenazic school, however, situated in France and Germany, was firmly anchored in the rabbinic study hall and its exegesis was a continuation of the methods of Midrash and Aggadah as practiced in Mishnah and Talmud.
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