Scripture and Tradition: Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash

Author:   Azzan Yadin-Israel
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
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Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 January 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Azzan Yadin-Israel
Publisher:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Imprint:   University of Pennsylvania Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780812246438


ISBN 10:   0812246438
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction PART I. A HERMENEUTIC OF CAMOUFLAGE Chapter 1. The Sifra as Midrash: Hermeneutic Markedness Chapter 2. The Sifra as Midrash: Vacuity and Semantic Discontinuity Chapter 3. Terminological Identity and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage Chapter 4. ""On the Basis of This, They Said"" (Mikan ʾAmru) and the Role of Scripture PART II. THE CURIOUS CAREER OF BARRI AKIVA Chapter 5. Rabbi Akiva the Interpreter: From the Mishnah to the Talmud Chapter 6. Rabbi Akiva, the Anonymous Sifra, and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage Chapter 7. Rabbi Akiva's Biographical Transformation PART III. MIDRASH AND HALAKHOT: A REEVALUATION Chapter 8. The Anomaly of Tannaitic Literature: Interpretation, Revelation, and Mysteries Excursus. Oral Tradition as the Site of Esotericism Chapter 9. Midrash and Extra-Scriptural Tradition: A Synchronic Model Conclusion: Rabbi Akiva and the Ironic Triumph of Midrash Appendix: Hebrew Sources List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments"

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Conceptually sophisticated and wonderfully erudite, Scripture and Tradition touches on the most fundamental questions of the Midrashic project. -Moshe Halbertal, New York University


"""Conceptually sophisticated and wonderfully erudite, Scripture and Tradition touches on the most fundamental questions of the Midrashic project."" * Moshe Halbertal, New York University *"


Conceptually sophisticated and wonderfully erudite, Scripture and Tradition touches on the most fundamental questions of the Midrashic project. * Moshe Halbertal, New York University *


Author Information

Azzan Yadin-Israel is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and Classics at Rutgers University and author of Scripture as Logos: Rabbi Israel and the Origins of Midrash, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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