ISBN:
9789004494145
,
9789004118997
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2000
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Series Statement:
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 3
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Judaism's Story of Creation : Scripture, Halakhah, Aggadah
Keywords:
Aggada History and criticism
;
Creation in rabbinical literature
;
Jewish law Interpretation and construction
Abstract:
During the formative age of Judaism, the first seven centuries CE, the great rabbis thought deeply about beginnings in light of endings. They imposed upon their sequential reading of each passage the accumulated results of their reflection about all passages. Thus, they encompassed Scripture, so as to describe the world as God had intended it to be. This act of intellect resulted in two distinct, ahistorical media of thought and expression, the Halakhah, law, and Aggadah, lore. The author provides three systematic accounts of the Halakhic reading, and two Aggadic accounts. The Halakhic accounts cover [1] Work and Rest, [2] Ownership and Possession, Eden and the Land, and [3] Ownership and Possession in the Household. The Aggadic accounts pertain to [1] the Six Days of Creation, and [2] Adam and Eve
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004494145
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