Studies in Biblical Interpretation

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ISBN: 9780827606890 | 0827606893
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Copyright: 12/1/2000

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A collection of nearly thiry essays on the Torah, the Psalms, Prophets and Writings and Biblical History. Complete with subject index, bibliography and a foreword by Jeffrey Tigay.

Prof. Sarna has taught at many institudions of higher learning, including Philadelphia's Gratz College, Brandeis University, Andover Newton Theological School, Columbia University, and Yale University. He is currently Giimelstob Imminent Scholar in Judaica and Professor of Judaic Studies at Florida Atlantic University.

Foreword

Preface

xxi

Acknowledgments

xxiii

ESSAYS ON BIBLICAL AND RELATED TOPICS

The Divine Title 'abhir ya`aqobh

(10)

Paganism and Biblical Judaism

(16)

The Biblical Sources for the History of the Monarchy

(24)

Ancient Libraries and the Ordering of the Biblical Books

(14)

The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture in Jewish Tradition

(14)

Hebrew and Bible Studies in Medieval Spain

(46)

Rashi the Commentator

127

(12)

Abraham Ibn Ezra as an Exegete

139

(22)

Abraham Geiger and Biblical Scholarship

161

(12)

Jewish Bible Scholarship and Translations in the United States

173

(38)

Torah

The Anticipatory Use of Information as a Literary Feature of the Genesis Narratives

211

(10)

Genesis 21:33: A Study in the Development of a Biblical Text and Its Rabbinic Transformation

221

(8)

The Decalogue

229

(10)

Introduction to the Hilleli Manuscript

239

(14)

Writing a Commentary on the Torah

253

(18)

PROPHETS

Naboth's Vineyard Revisited (1 Kings 21)

271

(10)

The Abortive Insurrection in Zedekiah's Day (Jeremiah 27--29)

281

(14)

Zedekiah's Emancipation of Slaves and the Sabbatical Year

295

(10)

Ezekiel 8:17: A Fresh Examination

305

(8)

WRITINGS

Prolegomenon to the Psalms

313

(22)

The Psalm Superscriptions and the Guilds

335

(22)

Legal Terminology in Psalm 3:8

357

(8)

Psalm XIX and the Near Eastern Sun-God Literature

365

(12)

Psalm 89: A Study in Inner Biblical Exegesis

377

(18)

The Psalm for the Sabbath Day (Psalm 92)

395

(16)

Epic Substratum in the Prose of Job

411

(14)

The Mythological Background of Job 18

425

(6)

Bibliography of the Published Writings of Nahum M. Sarna

431

(6)

List of Biblical Passages Cited

437

(10)

Index

447

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