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.

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mordechai Z. Cohen, Mordechai Z Cohen
• Editore: Brill
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 12.05.2003
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo
• EAN: 9789004129719
• ISBN: 978-90-04-12971-9
• Numero di pagine: 376
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16.8 x 24.7 x 3 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 857 g
• Serie: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva > 26
• Categorie: RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament, History - General History, ca. 500 bis ca. 1000 n. Chr., ca. 1000 bis ca. 1500 nach Christus