Biblical narrative and the formation of rabbinic law / Jane L. Kanarek.

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Kanarek, Jane L [author]

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computer

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9781139957953
1139957953
9781107256507
110725650X
9781139960076
1139960075
1139950509
9781139950503
1139962191
9781139962193
1139949454
9781139949453
1139961128
9781139961127
1139956884
9781139956888
1139959018
9781139959018

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biblical narrative and the formation of rabbinic lawDDC classification:

296.1/206 23

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BS521.7 .K36 2014eb

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REL040000

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Contents:

He took the knife: the binding of Isaac as ritual resource -- The paradigmatic virgin: Rebekah's marriage and exegetical choice -- Avoiding the obvious: Joseph's disappearance and the creation of legal meaning -- Textual fragmentation and an assembly of ten.

Summary: "This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law. Through close readings of selected Talmudic and midrashic texts, Kanarek demonstrates that rabbinic legal readings of narrative scripture are best understood through the framework of a referential exegetical web. She shows that law should be viewed as both prescriptive of normative behavior and as a meaning-making enterprise. By explicating the hermeneutical processes through which biblical narratives become resources for legal norms, this book transforms our understanding of the relationship of law and narrative as well as the ways in which scripture becomes a rabbinic document that conveys legal authority and meaning"-- Provided by publisher

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"This book presents a new framework for understanding the relationship between biblical narrative and rabbinic law. Drawing on legal theory and models of rabbinic exegesis, Jane L. Kanarek argues for the centrality of biblical narrative in the formation of rabbinic law. Through close readings of selected Talmudic and midrashic texts, Kanarek demonstrates that rabbinic legal readings of narrative scripture are best understood through the framework of a referential exegetical web. She shows that law should be viewed as both prescriptive of normative behavior and as a meaning-making enterprise. By explicating the hermeneutical processes through which biblical narratives become resources for legal norms, this book transforms our understanding of the relationship of law and narrative as well as the ways in which scripture becomes a rabbinic document that conveys legal authority and meaning"-- Provided by publisher