02138nam 2200421 450 991077871850332120230111234158.00-19-535393-50-585-33934-1(CKB)111004366529088(StDuBDS)AH24083720(MiAaPQ)EBC4701148(EXLCZ)9911100436652908820161011h19911991 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPeshat and derash plain and applied meaning in Rabbinic exegesis /David Weiss HalivniNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1991.©19911 online resource (xx, 249p.)0-19-511571-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.This text offers an explanation in this text for the willingness of the early sages to attribute to scripture meanings not suggested in the text itself. The author posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning.In this paperback reprint (which includes a new Afterword, responding to critics), noted Rabbinic scholar David Weiss Halivni offers a new explanation for the willingness of the early Sages to attribute to scripture meanings nowhere suggested in the text itself. He posits a sharp discontinuity between what the sages considered a valid meaning and our own modern understanding of textual meaning. He argues that the original meaning of the very work "peshat" was actually "context" rather than "literal" meaning, thus explaining the Rabbis' expressions of respect for peshat in the face of their evident unconcern for literal meaning in the text.MidrashMidrash.221.6088296Halivni David Weiss1927-2022,1273150MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778718503321Peshat and derash3731972UNINA