The Reception of the Bible in Rabbinic Judaism: A Study in Complexity
Jewish reception of scripture from Late Antiquity through recent centuries was largely defined by the rabbis of the first to sixth centuries, whose surviving literature is rich with scriptural readings. In certain matters, these readings were united by common assumptions or habits. For example, from...
| Published in: | Journal of the bible and its reception |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2014
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| In: |
Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Reception
/ Judaism
/ Midrash
/ Rabbinic Judaism
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Rabbinic
B Judaism B Biblical Studies B History B Midrash |
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| Summary: | Jewish reception of scripture from Late Antiquity through recent centuries was largely defined by the rabbis of the first to sixth centuries, whose surviving literature is rich with scriptural readings. In certain matters, these readings were united by common assumptions or habits. For example, from the Mishnah (c. 200 CE) onward, the rabbis, who assumed scripture to be divinely inspired, were nevertheless willing to read against the simple meaning of scripture and to give their own agenda priority. Rabbinic readings also, universally, focused on the fine details of scripture’s formulation and almost never on units larger than a few words. At the same time, rabbinic documents reveal significant development in the rabbinic relationship to scripture, and it is fair to say that the rabbinic appropriation of scripture at the latest stage of the growth of classical rabbinic Judaism, in the Bavli, was assertive, even aggressive, and sometimes radical. In this piece, the author offers a survey of rabbinic scriptural readings from the earliest to the latest of the classical rabbinic documents, identifying some of the most significant developments in each sequential corpus. |
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| ISSN: | 2329-4434 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the bible and its reception
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jbr-2014-0003 |