Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
European Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
52,1 (2019) 3-7
Keywords:
Josipovici, Gabriel,
;
Bible as literature
Abstract:
There are many approaches to reading the Hebrew Bible, from the pietistic in both Jewish and Christian traditions to the scholarly. Gabriel Josipovici's approach is not about seeking the reductive "meaning" of a text, but encouraging readers into an open relationship with the text in order to preserve the ambiguities and mysteries that adhere to such texts. Joseph's encounter with an unnamed stranger in Genesis 37 is used as an illustration of this approach. Standing "face to face" with the text requires humility, and trust in the storyteller.
DOI:
10.3167/ej.2019.520103
URL:
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