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International Standard Book Number 9789004210066
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004210066
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Item number .C64 2011
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Classification number 221.6/092
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cohen, Mordechai Z.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Opening the gates of interpretation :
Remainder of title Maimonides' biblical hermeneutics in light of his Geonic-Andalusian heritage and Muslim milieu /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Mordechai Z. Cohen.
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Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2011.
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Extent 1 online resource (xxviii, 566 pages)
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Series statement Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ;
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Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Formatted contents note Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ The Geonic-Andalusian Heritage -- Ẓāhir al-Naṣṣ in Maimonides’ System -- Rationale for the Commandments -- Mashal as Hermeneutical Model -- Peshuto Shel Miqra Halakhic Exegesis and Muslim Jurisprudence -- Maimonides’ Rule of Peshat Primacy -- Transformation of the Peshat Principle -- Integrating Halakhah and Peshat -- Comprehensive Overview Coordinating Peshat and Ẓāhir -- The Gates of Taʾwīl and Interpretive -- Maimonides in the Exegetical Constellation -- Meaning and Translation of the Peshat Principle -- The Term Peshat in Maimonides’ Other Writings -- Ibn Ezra’s List of Examples in Yesod Mora -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources -- Index of Maimonidean Citations.
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Summary, etc. The biblical hermeneutics of the illustrious philosopher-talmudist Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) has long been underappreciated, and viewed in isolation from the celebrated philological schools of “plain sense” ( peshat ) Jewish Bible exegesis. Aiming to redress this imbalance, this study identifies Maimonides’ substantial contributions to that interpretive movement, assessing its achievements in cultural context. Like others in the rationalist Geonic-Andalusian school, Maimonides’ understanding of Scripture was informed by Arabic learning. Drawing upon Greco-Arabic logic, poetics, politics, physics and metaphysics, as well as Muslim jurisprudence, he devised sophisticated new approaches to key issues that occupied other exegetes, including a variety of interpretive cruxes, the reconciliation of Scripture with reason, a legal hermeneutics for deriving halakhah (Jewish law) from Scripture, and the nature of interpretation itself. \'It is a valuable contribution to the entire study of medieval biblical exegesis and will undoubtedly serve as the basis of all subsequent discussions of Maimonides' hermeneutics.\' Daniel J. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Personal name Maimonides, Moses,
Dates associated with a name 1135-1204.
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Personal name Saadia ben Joseph,
Dates associated with a name 882-942.
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Uniform title Bible.
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General subdivision Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
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Uniform title Bible.
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General subdivision Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geographic subdivision Spain
-- Andalusia.
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Uniform title Bible.
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General subdivision Hermeneutics.
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Uniform title Bible.
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General subdivision Islamic interpretations.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Commandments (Judaism)
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Opening the Gates of Interpretation: Maimonides' Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andalusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2011,
International Standard Book Number 9789004189324
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Uniform title Études sur le judaïsme médiéval
Volume/sequential designation 48.
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Uniform title European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223257.
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004210066">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004210066</a>

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