With Reverence for the Word Medieval

This volume is the first trilateral exploration of medieval scriptural interpretation. The vast literature written during the medieval period is one of both great diversity and numerous cross-cultural similarities. These essays explore this rich heritage of biblical and qur'anic interpretation.

List of Contributors

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Abbreviations

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PART I MEDIEVAL JEWISH EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE

An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Biblical Interpretation

3

(10)

Barry D. Walfish

The Search for Truth in Sacred Scripture: Jews, Christians, and the Authority to Interpret

13

(20)

Stephen D. Benin

The Tension between Literal Interpretation and Exegetical Freedom: Comparative Observations on Saadia's Method

33

(18)

Haggai Ben-Shammai

Karaite Commentaries on the Song of Songs from Tenth-Century Jerusalem

51

(19)

Daniel Frank

Restoring the Narrative: Jewish and Christian Exegesis in the Twelfth Century

70

(13)

Michael A. Signer

Rashbam as a ``Literary'' Exegete

83

(9)

Martin Lockshin

Asceticism and Eroticism in Medieval Jewish Philosophical and Mystical Exegesis of the Song of Songs

92

(27)

Elliot R. Wolfson

Typology, Narrative, and History: Isaac ben Joseph ha-Kohen on the Book of Ruth

119

(14)

Barry D. Walfish

The Method of Doubts: Problematizing the Bible in Late Medieval Jewish Exegesis

133

(24)

Marc Saperstein

Introducing Scripture: The Accessus and auctores in Hebrew Exegetical Literature from the Thirteenth through the Fifteenth Centuries

157

(23)

Eric Lawee

On the Social Role of Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Proverbs 22:6

180

(17)

Alan Cooper

PART II MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE

An Introduction to Medieval Christian Biblical Interpretation

197

(7)

Joseph W. Goering

The Letter of the Law: Carolingian Exegetes and the Old Testament

204

(21)

Abigail Firey

The Four ``Senses'' and Four Exegetes

225

(12)

Edward Synan†

Laudat sensum et significationem: Robert Grosseteste on the Four Senses of Scripture

237

(19)

James R. Ginther

Beryl Smalley, Thomas of Cantimpre, and the Performative Reading of Scripture: A Study in Two Exempla

256

(20)

Robert Sweetman

The Theological Character of the Scholastic ``Division of the Text'' with Particular Reference to the Commentaries of Saint Thomas Aquinas

276

(8)

John F. Boyle

Thomas of Ireland and his De tribus sensibus sacrae scripturae

284

(8)

Edouard Jeauneau

Material Swords and Literal Lights: The Status of Allegory in William of Ockham's Breviloquium on Papal Power

292

(19)

A. J. Minnis

PART III MEDIEVAL EXEGESIS OF THE QUR'AN

An Introduction to Medieval Interpretation of the Qur'an

311

(9)

Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Discussion and Debate in Early Commentaries of the Qur'an

320

(9)

Fred Leemhuis

Weaknesses in the Arguments for the Early Dating of Qur'anic Commentary

329

(17)

Herbert Berg

The Scriptural ``Senses'' in Medieval Sufi Qur'an Exegesis

346

(20)

Gerhard Bowering

Are There Allegories in Sufi Qur'an Interpretation?

366

(10)

Hava Lazarus-Yafeh†

From the Sacred Mosque to the Remote Temple: Surat al-Isra' between Text and Commentary

376

(32)

Angelika Neuwirth

Qur'anic Exegesis and History

408

(14)

Gerald Hawting

The Self-Referentiality of the Qur'an: Sura 3:7 as an Exegetical Challenge

422

(15)

Stefan Wild

The Designation of ``Foreign'' Languages in the Exegesis of the Qur'an

437

(8)

Andrew Rippin

The Genre Boundaries of Qur'anic Commentary

445

(18)

Jane Dammen McAuliffe

Subject Index

463

(20)

Index to Citations from the Bible, Rabbinic Literature, and the Qur'an

483

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With Reverence for the Word Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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