R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and Academic Talmudic Hermeneutics

This article offers a detailed description of R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s commentary on the Talmudic discussions about the requirement for proper intention when making Jewish ritual objects, i.e., Sefer Torah, Mezuzah, etc., and a comparison to the academic commentary on that issue. It describes the re...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The review of rabbinic Judaism
Main Author: Blankovsky, Yuval (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2015
In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Further subjects:B Talmud interpretive community Analytic Movement R. Hayyim Solovetichik Jewish ritual objects phylacteries Mezuzah
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Description
Summary:This article offers a detailed description of R. Hayyim Soloveitchik’s commentary on the Talmudic discussions about the requirement for proper intention when making Jewish ritual objects, i.e., Sefer Torah, Mezuzah, etc., and a comparison to the academic commentary on that issue. It describes the relationship between the two genres of commentary, academic and rabbinic, and illustrates the differences and similarities between the commentaries of these two parallel interpretive communities. In this way, the paper sheds new light on the character of R. Hayyim as a Talmudic commentator.
ISSN:1570-0704
Contains:In: The review of rabbinic Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700704-12341287