With reverence for the word: medieval scriptural exegesis in judaism, christianity, and islam

This volume represents the first trilateral exploration of medieval scriptural interpretation. During the medieval period the three exegetical traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam produced a vast literature, one of great diversity but also one of numerous cross-cultural similarities. INDICE: List of Contributors; Abbreviations; 1.: 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 Songsfrom Tenth-Century Jerusalem; Daniel Frank; 5. Restoring the Narrative: Jewish and Christian Exegesis in the Twelfth Century; Michael A. Signer; 6. Rashbamas 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 theBible 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; 2.: 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 sacraescripturae; Édourad Jeauneau; 19. Material Swords and Literal Lights: The Status of Allegory in William of Ockham's Breviloquium on Papal Power; A.J. Minnis; 3.: 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 SacredMosque 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; 29. The Genre Boundaries of Qur'anic Commentary; Jane Dammen McAuliffe; Subject Index; Index to Citations from the Bi

• ISBN: 978-0-19-975575-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 25/11/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés