Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel

by Fishbane, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780198266990
• ISBN10: 0198266995
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-01-12
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

First published in hardback in August 1985, Professor Fishbane's book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of textual analysis in ancient Israel. It explores the rich tradition of exegesis prior to the development of biblical interpretation in early classical Judaism andthe earliest Christian communities, and examines four main categories of exegesis: scribal, legal, aggadic, and mantological. In studying this subject, it emerges that the Hebrew Bible is not only the foundation document for the exegetical culture of Judaism and Christianity, but an exegetical workin its own right. Professor Fishbane, who has added new material in appendices to this paperback edition, has been awarded three major prizes for this work: the National Jewish Book Award 1986, the Biblical Archaeological Society 1986 Publication Award, and the Kenneth B. Smilen LiteraryAward.

Table of Contents

biblical Interpretation In Ancient Israel	p. i
Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel	p. iii
Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Scribal Comments and Corrections	p. 21
Introduction. the Role of Scribes in the Transmission of Biblical Literature	p. 23
Lexical and Explicative Comments	p. 44
Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda	p. 66
Conclusions	p. 78
Legal Exegesis	p. 89
Introduction. the Scope and Content of Biblical Law as a Factor in the Emergence of Exegesis	p. 91
Legal Exegesis with Verbatim, Paraphrastic, or Pseudocitations in Historical Sources	p. 107
Legal Exegesis with Covert Citations in Historical Sources	p. 144
Legal Exegesis and Explication in the Pentateuchal Legal Corpora	p. 163
Conclusions	p. 231
Aggadic Exegesis	p. 279
Introduction. Preliminary Considerations	p. 281
Aggadic Exegesis of Legal Traditions in the Prophetic Literature	p. 292
Aggadic Transformations of Non-Legal Pentateuchal Traditions	p. 318
Aggadic Exegesis in the Historiographical Literature	p. 380
Conclusions	p. 408
Mantological Exegesis	p. 441
Introduction. the Shape and Nature of Mantological Material as Factors for Exegesis	p. 443
The Mantological Exegesis of Dreams, Visions, and Omens	p. 447
The Mantological Exegesis of Oracles	p. 458
Generic Transformations	p. 500
Conclusions	p. 506
Epilogue	p. 525
Addenda	p. 545
Select Bibliography	p. 549
Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions	p. 563
Analytical Index of Contents and Authors*	p. 565
Index of Scriptural and Other Sources	p. 581
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