Studies in Biblical Interpretation

by Sarna, Nahum M.; Tigay, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9780827606890
• ISBN10: 0827606893
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

A collection of nearly thiry essays on the Torah, the Psalms, Prophets and Writings and Biblical History. Complete with subject index, bibliography and a foreword by Jeffrey Tigay.

Author Biography

Prof. Sarna has taught at many institudions of higher learning, including Philadelphia's Gratz College, Brandeis University, Andover Newton Theological School, Columbia University, and Yale University. He is currently Giimelstob Imminent Scholar in Judaica and Professor of Judaic Studies at Florida Atlantic University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xxi
Acknowledgments	xxiii
ESSAYS ON BIBLICAL AND RELATED TOPICS
The Divine Title 'abhir ya`aqobh	3	(10)
Paganism and Biblical Judaism	13	(16)
The Biblical Sources for the History of the Monarchy	29	(24)
Ancient Libraries and the Ordering of the Biblical Books	53	(14)
The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture in Jewish Tradition	67	(14)
Hebrew and Bible Studies in Medieval Spain	81	(46)
Rashi the Commentator	127	(12)
Abraham Ibn Ezra as an Exegete	139	(22)
Abraham Geiger and Biblical Scholarship	161	(12)
Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States	173	(38)
Torah
The Anticipatory Use of Information as a Literary Feature of the Genesis Narratives	211	(10)
Genesis 21:33: A Study in the Development of a Biblical Text and Its Rabbinic Transformation	221	(8)
The Decalogue	229	(10)
Introduction to the Hilleli Manuscript	239	(14)
Writing a Commentary on the Torah	253	(18)
PROPHETS
Naboth's Vineyard Revisited (1 Kings 21)	271	(10)
The Abortive Insurrection in Zedekiah's Day (Jeremiah 27--29)	281	(14)
Zedekiah's Emancipation of Slaves and the Sabbatical Year	295	(10)
Ezekiel 8:17: A Fresh Examination	305	(8)
WRITINGS
Prolegomenon to the Psalms	313	(22)
The Psalm Superscriptions and the Guilds	335	(22)
Legal Terminology in Psalm 3:8	357	(8)
Psalm XIX and the Near Eastern Sun-God Literature	365	(12)
Psalm 89: A Study in Inner Biblical Exegesis	377	(18)
The Psalm for the Sabbath Day (Psalm 92)	395	(16)
Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job	411	(14)
The Mythological Background of Job 18	425	(6)
Bibliography of the Published Writings of Nahum M. Sarna	431	(6)
List of Biblical Passages Cited	437	(10)
Index	447