Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2017
Titel der Quelle:
מכלול; כתב עת רב-תחומי
Angaben zur Quelle:
לב (תשעז) 13-44
Keywords:
Copperman, Yehudah
;
Bible Commentaries
Abstract:
This paper describes the interpretive approach that R. Yehuda Copperman developed in his numerous publications on the subject. It is founded on the principle, reflected in halakhic midrash, that the Oral and Written Torah were given simultaneously. Two major ideas stem from this principle. 1. The Jewish nation received the Torah continuously over the forty years in the wilderness. This enabled Rav Copperman to resolve apparent contradictions between various parts of the Torah: he defines the temporal context in which a commandment was given to the generation of the wilderness and shows how that information makes sense of what seem to be conflicting verses. 2. The plain meaning of the verses is an essential reading that complements the interpretations in halakhic midrash. For many learners, discrepancies between the written Torah and oral traditions deduced from it seem to belie the concept of the Torah as a unified entity. In response, Rav Copperman sought to identify the particular function that links the peshat of a given biblical text to its readings in halakhic midrash. By defining some twelve function of that nature he was able to explain many apparent contradictions. The discussion concludes with an attempt to consider some of the reasons that R. Copperman’s interpretive approach did not gain wide popularity among the Torah learning community.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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