Three Approaches to Biblical Metaphor - From Abraham Ibn Ezra and Maimonides to David Kimhi

This volume explores how the poetic technique of biblical metaphor was analyzed within the Jewish exegetical tradition that developed in Muslim Spain during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry and was then transplanted to a Christian milieu. Abraham Ibn Ezra and Maimonides applied concepts from Arabic poetics, hermeneutics and logic to define metaphor and interpret it within their philological-literary readings of Scripture. David Kimhi integrated their methodologies with the midrashic creativity and sensitivity to nuance typical of his native Provence to create a new literary interpretive system that highlights the expressiveness of metaphor.
This study is important for readers interested in metaphor, the Bible as literature, the history of biblical interpretation and the inter-relation between Arabic and Hebrew learning.

About the author

Mordechai Z. Cohen, Ph.D. (1994) in Bible, Yeshiva University, is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Yeshiva University. He has published articles on Bible, medieval biblical interpretation, and the integration of Arabic poetics and logic in medieval Jewish learning.

Product details

• Authors: Mordechai Z Cohen, Mordechai Z. Cohen
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2003
• EAN: 9789004129719
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12971-9
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 247 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 857 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous