Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One. Scribal Comments and Corrections -- 1. INTRODUCTION. THE ROLE OF SCRIBES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE -- 2. LEXICAL AND EXPLICATIVE COMMENTS -- A. The Use of Deictic Elements -- B. Scribal Comments without Deictic Elements -- 3. PIOUS REVISIONS AND THEOLOGICAL ADDENDA -- A. Scribal Corrections -- B. Pious and Theological Reactions -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- Part Two. Legal Exegesis -- 5. INTRODUCTION. THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF BIBLICAL LAW AS A FACTOR IN THE EMERGENCE OF EXEGESIS -- 6. LEGAL EXEGESIS WITH VERBATIM, PARAPHRASTIC, OR PSEUDO-CITATIONS IN HISTORICAL SOURCES -- A. Concern with the Meaning and Application of the Law -- B. Concern with the Comprehensiveness and Scope of the Law -- 7. LEGAL EXEGESIS WITH COVERT CITATIONS IN HISTORICAL SOURCES -- A. Concern with the Meaning and Application of the Law -- B. Concern with the Comprehensiveness and Scope of the Law -- 8. LEGAL EXEGESIS AND EXPLICATION IN THE PENTATEUCHAL LEGAL CORPORA -- A. Introduction -- B. Explications and Glosses -- C. Legal Expansions with Introductory Formulae -- D. Legal Expansions without Introductory Formulae -- E. Legal Restrictions with Introductory Formulae -- F. Comparison of Legal Cases with Formulae -- G. Comparison of Legal Cases without Formulae -- H. Exegetical Recombination of Legal Sources -- 9. CONCLUSIONS -- Part Three. Aggadic Exegesis -- 10. INTRODUCTION. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS -- 11. AGGADIC EXEGESIS OF LEGAL TRADITIONS IN THE PROPHETIC LITERATURE -- A. The Law and the Prophets -- B. The Exegesis of Cultic Laws with Formulae of Citation and Comparison -- C. The Exegesis of Cultic Laws without Formulae of Citation and Comparison -- D. The Exegesis of Civil Laws with Formulae of Citation and Comparison.

E. The Exegesis of Civil Laws without Formulae of Citation and Comparison -- 12. AGGADIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF NON-LEGAL PENTATEUCHAL TRADITIONS -- A. Narratives -- B. Liturgical and Theological Formulae -- C. Typologies -- 13. AGGADIC EXEGESIS IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE -- A. Introduction -- B. Theological Transformations -- C. New Theological Explanations -- 14. CONCLUSIONS -- Part Four. Mantological Exegesis -- 15. INTRODUCTION. THE SHAPE AND NATURE OF MANTOLOGICAL MATERIAL AS FACTORS FOR EXEGESIS -- 16. THE MANTOLOGICAL EXEGESIS OF DREAMS, VISIONS, AND OMENS -- A. The Types and their Terms -- B. The Means and Modes of Exegesis -- C. Comparisons and Continuities -- 17. THE MANTOLOGICAL EXEGESIS OF ORACLES -- A. Non-transformative Exegesis: Explications, Clarifications, and Secret Codes -- B. Transformative Exegesis: Adaptations, Applications, and Revisions -- 18. GENERIC TRANSFORMATIONS -- A. From Non-oracles into Oracles -- B. From Oracles into Non-oracles -- 19. CONCLUSIONS -- Epilogue -- Addenda -- Select Bibliography -- Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions -- Analytical Index of Contents and Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Scriptural and Other Sources.

First published in hardback in August 1985, Professor Fishbane's book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of textual analysis in ancient Israel. It explores the rich tradition of exegesis prior to the development of biblical interpretation in early classical Judaism and the earliest Christian communities, and examines four main categories of exegesis: scribal, legal, aggadic, and mantological. In studying this subject, it emerges that the Hebrew Bible is notonly the foundation document for the exegetical culture of Judaism and Christianity, but an exegetical work in its own right. Professor Fishbane, who has added new material in appendices to this paperback edition, has been awarded three major prizes for this work: the National Jewish Book Award 1986,the Biblical Archaeological Society 1986 Publication Award, and the Kenneth B. Smilen Literary Award.

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