People of the book : canon, meaning, and authority / Moshe Halbertal.
People of the book : canon, meaning, and authority / Moshe Halbertal.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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T0389984
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 185 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Canonical Text and Text-Centered Community -- 1. Canon and Meaning. The Uses of Canon. The Sealed Canon. Authority and Sealing. The Meaning of the Canonical Text. Canon and the Principle of Charity. Textual Closure and Hermeneutical Openness. Uncharitable Readings of Canons -- 2. Autho...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
People of the Book offers the best introduction available to Jewish hermeneutics, a book capable of conveying the importance of the tradition to a wide audience of both academic and general readers. Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, provocatively organized around problems of normative and formative authorit...
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People of the book : canon, meaning, and authority / Moshe Halbertal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-179) and index.
Transferred from N296.1/8.
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T0389984
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74VMbwzALQyM
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ISBN
0674661125 (paper : alk. paper)
9780674661110 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674661117 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674661127 (paper : alk. paper)
DDC
296.1
MMS ID
991000656589702626
