LEADER 03510nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910778175403321 005 20230421045615.0 010 $a0-674-03814-2 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038141 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787127 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050723 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11175844 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229447 035 $a(PQKB)11006252 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300422 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300422 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318415 035 $a(OCoLC)923110589 035 $a(DE-B1597)574416 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038141 035 $a(OCoLC)1294425856 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787127 100 $a19970423d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeople of the book$b[electronic resource] $ecanon, meaning, and authority /$fMoshe Halbertal 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (256p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-66112-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-179) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tIntroduction: Canonical Text and Text-Centered Community --$t1 Canon and Meaning --$t2 Authority, Controversy, and Tradition --$t3 Canon and Curriculum --$tConclusion --$tAppendix: The Sovereign and the Canon --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aPeople of the Book offers an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, and conveys the importance of the tradition to both general and academic readers. 330 $bWhile Scripture is at the centre of many religions, among them Islam and Christianity, this book inquires into the function, development, and implications of the centrality of text upon the Jewish community, and by extension on the larger question of canonization and the text-centered community. It is a commonplace to note how the landless and scattered Jewish communities have, from the time of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD until the founding of modern Israel in 1948, cleaved to the text and derived their identity from it. But the story is far more complex. The shift from the Bible to the Torah, from biblical religion to rabbinic Judaism mediated by the Sages, and the sealing of the canon together with its continuing interpretive work demanded from the community, amount to what could be called an unparalleled obsession with textuality. Halbertal gives us insights into the history of this obsession, in his narrative.;The book offers an introduction to Jewish hermeneutics, and aims to convey the importance of the tradition to a wide audience of both academic and general readers. Halbertal provides a panoramic survey of Jewish attitudes toward Scripture, organized around problems of normative and formative authority, with an emphasis on the changing status and functions of Mishnah, Talmud, and Kabbalah. Weaving complex issues of interpretation into his own plot, he animates ancient texts by assigning them roles in his own narrative. 606 $aTheology 615 0$aTheology. 676 $a221.6 700 $aHalbertal$b Moshe$0764566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778175403321 996 $aPeople of the book$93718377 997 $aUNINA