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"""This volume would serve as a wonderful course book for undergraduates and graduates, one that illustrates both the signal differences and the surprising parallels within and among the three Abrahamic traditions of scriptural exegesis.""--Speculum ""Indispensable ... deserves an honored place on the shelves of public and private research libraries everywhere.""--Catholic Biblical Quarterly ""A rich feast ... the three 'courses' of the book offer significant contributions to our understanding of exegesis in each specific tradition.""--Journal of the American Academy of Religion ""With Reverence for the Word is both a readable and informative collection of essays important to the study of medieval scriptural exegesis."" --Journal of Near Eastern Studies"

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Author:   Jane Dammen McAuliffe (President, President, Bryn Mawr College) ,  Barry D. Walfish (Judaica Specialist, University of Toronto Library, Judaica Specialist, University of Toronto Library, University of Toronto) ,  Joseph W. Goering (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Toronto)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 15.60cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780199755752

ISBN 10:   0199755752
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   25 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Contributors Abbreviations PART I MEDIEVAL JEWISH EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE 1. An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Biblical Interpretation Barry D. Walfish 2. The Search for Truth in Sacred Scripture: Jews, Christians, and the Authority to Interpret Stephen D. Benin 3. The Tension between Literal Interpretation and Exegetical Freedom: Comparative Observations on Saadia's Method Haggai Ben-Shammai 4. Karaite Commentaries on the Song of Songs from Tenth-Century Jerusalem Daniel Frank 5. Restoring the Narrative: Jewish and Christian Exegesis in the Twelfth Century Michael A. Signer 6. Rashbam as a ""Literary"" Exegete Martin Lockshin 7. Asceticism and Eroticism in Medieval Jewish Philosophical and Mystical Exegesis of the Song of Songs Elliot R. Wolfson 8. Typology, Narrative, and History: Isaac ben Joseph ha-Kohen on the Book of Ruth Barry D. Walfish 9. The Method of Doubts: Problematizing the Bible in Late Medieval Jewish Exegesis Marc Saperstein 10. Introducing Scripture: The Accessus ad auctores in Hebrew Exegetical Literature from the Thirteenth through the Fifteenth Centuries Eric Lawee 11. On the Social Role of Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Proverbs Alan Cooper PART II MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE 12. An Introduction to Medieval Christian Biblical Interpretation Joseph W. Goering 13. The Letter of the Law: Carolingian Exegetes and the Old Testament Abigail Firey 14. The Four ""Senses"" and the Four Exegetes Edward Synan 15. Laudat sensum et significationem: Robert Grosseteste on the Four Senses of Scripture James R. Ginther 16. Beryl Smalley, Thomas of Cantimpré, and the Performative Reading of Scripture: A Study in Two Exempla Robert Sweetman 17. The Theological Character of the Scholastic ""Division of the Text"" with Particular Reference to the Commentaries of Saint Thomas Aquinas John F. Boyle 18. Thomas of Ireland and his De tribus sensibus sacrae scripturae Édourad Jeauneau 19. Material Swords and Literal Lights: The Status of Allegory in William of Ockham's Breviloquium on Papal Power A.J. Minnis PART III MEDIEVAL EXEGESIS OF THE QUR'AN 20. An Introduction to Medieval Interpretation of the Qur'an Jane Dammen McAuliffe 21. Discussion and Debate in Early Commentaries on the Qur'an Fred Leemhuis 22. Weakness in the Arguments for the Early Dating of Qur'anic Commentary Herbert Berg 23. The Scriptural ""Senses"" in Medieval Sufi Qur'an Exegesis Gerhard Böwering 24. Are There Allegories in Sufi Qur'an Interpretation? Hava Lazarus-Yafeh 25. From the Sacred Mosque to the Remote Temple: Surat al-Isra' between Text and Commentary Angelika Neuwirth 26. Qur'anic Exegesis and History Gerald Hawting 27. The Self-Referentiality of the Qur'an: Sura 3:7 as an Exegetical Challenge Stefan Wild 28. The Designation of ""Foreign"" Language in the Exegesis of the Qur'an Andrew Rippin 29. The Genre Boundaries of Qur'anic Commentary Jane Dammen McAuliffe Subject Index Index to Citations from the Bible, Rabbinic Literature, and the Qur'an"

Reviews

For anyone involved in 'scriptual reasoning' or 'meetings for better understanding' with those of other fatihs, or for those interested in the middle ages, this could be a valuable volume to dip into. Dr Lee Gratiss, Churchman

"""This volume would serve as a wonderful course book for undergraduates and graduates, one that illustrates both the signal differences and the surprising parallels within and among the three Abrahamic traditions of scriptual exegisis.--Speculum ""Indispensable ... deserves an honored place on the shelves of public and private research libraries everywhere.""--Catholic Biblical Quarterly ""A rich feast ... the three 'courses' of the book offer significant contributions to our understanding of exegesis in each specific tradition.""--Journal of the American Academy of Religion ""With Reverence of the Word is both a readable and informative collection of essays important to the study fo medieval scriptural exegesis."" --Journal of Near Eastern Studies"

Author Information

JDM is President and Professor of History at Bryn Mawr College, previously Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown University. She sits on the Council on Foreign Relations. BDW is cross-appointed as Collection Development Department for the University of Toronto Library and Professor of Religions Studies. JWG is cross-appointed to the departments of History and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.

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