Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the

This volume offers a systematic and detailed description of early rabbinic hermeneutics as it can be reconstructed from the Mishnah (third century c.e.). Samely clarifies the conditions of a modern appreciation of rabbinic hermeneutics and provides a unified set of concepts for its precise description, based on modern linguistics and philosophy of language. Basic features of rabbinic hermeneutics and its difference from modern historical reading are explained, and a catalogue of recurrent techniques of interpretation is defined.

Alexander Samely is Senior Lecturer in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Manchester University.

List of Tables

viii

Abbreviations and Special Signs

ix

Hermeneutic Orientation and Introduction

1

(30)

Creating Scriptural Segments

31

(28)

Quotes and Causes. The Imposition of a Perspective on Scripture

59

(22)

Scripture's Words, Mishnah's Speech

81

(29)

Using Scripture as Hermeneutic Utterance

110

(38)

Biblical Events Illustrating Normative and Descriptive Schemata

148

(26)

Analogical Resources I: The a fortiori Inference

174

(20)

Analogical Resources II: Transfer Within and Between Co-texts

194

(32)

Taxonomic and Paradigmatic Extensions. Logical Constants

226

(27)

Biblical Presupposition and Canonical Meaning. Biblical Contradiction and Biblical Contrast

253

(25)

The Perspectives of Opposition

278

(25)

Projecting Commitment Through Scripture. The Midrashic Unit

303

(25)

Appropriating Redundancy. Clause Relationships

328

(31)

Constructing Words and Word Meaning. Metaphors

359

(33)

Reflection and Outlook

392

(7)

Appendix I: The Hermeneutic Configuration of the Mishnah: An Overview of Resources

399

(20)

Appendix II: Index of Mishnaic Units of Interpretation and Their Resources

419

(13)

Sample Entry of the Database of Midrashic Units in the Mishnah

432

(1)

Glossary

433

(3)

Bibliography

436

(21)

Index of Passages Cited

457

(7)

Index of Authors

464

(5)

Index of Subjects and Names

469

(11)

Index of Hebrew Terms and Phrases

480

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Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

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