Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Jewish Thought & Philosophy
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (2022) 1-29
Keywords:
Bahya ben Asher ben Hlava,
;
Gerondi, Jacob ben Sheshet,
;
Bible. Commentaries
;
Cabala History To 1570
Abstract:
This article studies kabbalistic interpretation of a ritual of unknown origin: the daily recitation of the manna episode (Exod 16:1–36). This episode foregrounds a major theme in the writings of R. Baḥya ben Asher ibn Halawa (c.1255–1340) and many other medieval kabbalists: the cyclical nature of sustaining existence. Baḥya’s interpretation builds on two primary sources: R. Jacob ben Sheshet Gerondi’s commentary on Ps 145 in his kabbalistic polemic Meshiv Devarim Nekhoḥim, and a hermeneutic tradition derived from Hasidic-Ashkenazi biblical exegesis. The article also examines roughly analogous works that illuminate Baḥya’s hermeneutical outlook.
DOI:
10.1163/1477285x-12341343
URL:
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