Biblical narrative and the formation of rabbinic law / Jane L. Kanarek.
"This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law. Through close readings o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2014.
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| Summary: | "This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law. Through close readings of selected Talmudic and midrashic texts, Kanarek demonstrates that rabbinic legal readings of narrative scripture are best understood through the framework of a referential exegetical web. She shows that law should be viewed as both prescriptive of normative behavior and as a meaning-making enterprise. By explicating the hermeneutical processes through which biblical narratives become resources for legal norms, this book transforms our understanding of the relationship of law and narrative as well as the ways in which scripture becomes a rabbinic document that conveys legal authority and meaning"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139957953 1139957953 9781107256507 110725650X 9781139960076 1139960075 1139950509 9781139950503 1139962191 9781139962193 1139949454 9781139949453 1139961128 9781139961127 1139956884 9781139956888 1139959018 9781139959018 |