03299nam 2200565Ia 450 991046236050332120200520144314.00-7914-8923-X(CKB)2670000000233658(EBL)3407921(SSID)ssj0000676360(PQKBManifestationID)11931964(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676360(PQKBWorkID)10695857(PQKB)11147551(MiAaPQ)EBC3407921(OCoLC)794928161(MdBmJHUP)muse13991(Au-PeEL)EBL3407921(CaPaEBR)ebr10587119(EXLCZ)99267000000023365820010613d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaimonides and the hermeneutics of concealment[electronic resource] deciphering scripture and midrash in The guide of the perplexed /James Arthur DiamondAlbany State University of New York Pressc20021 online resource (248 p.)SUNY series in Jewish philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7914-5247-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-222) and index.""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: The Poetry of Midrash and Heterogeneity of Scripture""; ""Midrash on Midrash""; ""Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1:8 and the Parabolic Method""; ""Genesis Rabbah 9 and Flash Technique""; ""Genesis Rabbah 27 and Prophetic Radicalism""; ""Intertextual Foils in the Guide""; ""Parabolic Precision vs. Parabolic Flourish""; ""Solomon s ""Married Harlot"" as Foil to Jacob""; """"The Lord hath forsaken the earth""""; ""Divine Immutability and Providence""""I: 11 The ""Sitting"" of Indifference""""I: 12 ""Rising"" and the Role of Metatron""; ""1: 13 ""Standing on the Mount of Olives "": The Intellectualization of a Messianic Vision""; ""I: 14 ""Adam ""-Situating Man in the Providential Scheme""; ""I: 15 Moses-The Paragon of an Elitist Providence""; ""The Seven Units of Jacob's Ladder and Their Message""; ""I. ""Ladder""""; ""2. ""Set up on earth""""; ""3. ""And the top of it reached heaven""""; ""4. ""Angels of God"" (elohim)""; ""5-6. ""Ascending and descending""""; ""7. ""And behold the Lord (YHVH) stood above it""""""The Coalescence of Three Interpretations""""Chapter 111:24 of the Guide""; ""Trial Passages""; ""Omission of a Trial Passage: Bitter Waters and the Perfect Law""; ""The Quarry of Efficient Causality""; ""Reflections on the Ultimate Verses of the Guide""; ""Text and Prooftext""; ""Back Matter""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""SUNY Series in Jewish PhilosophyMidrashHistory and criticismElectronic books.MidrashHistory and criticism.181/.06Diamond James Arthur932253MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462360503321Maimonides and the hermeneutics of concealment2463542UNINA