Biblical Narrative and the Formation of Rabbinic Law

Informationen zum Autor Jane L. Kanarek is Assistant Professor of Rabbinics at Hebrew College. Her work has been published in AJS Review, Teaching Theology and Religion, the Journal of Jewish Education, and Sh'ma Journal: A Journal of Jewish Ideas. She is on the editorial board of Teaching Theology and Religion and a member of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly. She earned her PhD from the University of Chicago, her MA from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and her AB from Brown University. She received a Wexner Graduate Fellowship. Klappentext This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. He took the knife: the binding of Isaac as ritual resource; 3. The paradigmatic virgin: Rebekah's marriage and exegetical choice; 4. Avoiding the obvious: Joseph's disappearance and the creation of legal meaning; 5. Textual fragmentation and an assembly of ten; 6. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Jane Kanarek, Jane L. Kanarek, Jane L. (Hebrew College Kanarek, Kanarek Jane L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107047815
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04781-5
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Judaism: life & practice, Judaism, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Old Testaments