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Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary
Author(s): Karin Hedner Zetterholm (Author)
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 0800697987
- ISBN-13: 9780800697983
Book Description
Although Jewish tradition gives tremendous importance to the Hebrew Bible, from the beginning Jewish interpretation of those scriptures has been practiced with remarkable freedom. Karin Hedner Zetterholm introduces the legal, theological, and historical presuppositions that shaped the dominant stream of rabbinic interpretation, including Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrashim, discussing examples of different interpretive methods, and explores the contours of Jewish biblical interpretation evident in the New Testament and the legacy of ancient traditions in the way different Jewish movements read the Bible today. Students of the history of biblical interpretation and of Judaism will find this an important and engaging resource.
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About the Author
Karin Hedner Zetterholm is Research Fellow at the Swedish Research Council and active at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University. She is the author of numerous articles on Judaism and Jewish biblical interpretation and of Portrait of a Villain: Laban the Aramean in Rabbinic Literature (2002).
