Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
מחשבת ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
ב (תשפא) 60-86
Keywords:
Maimonides, Moses,
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Creation Religious aspects
;
Judaism
Abstract:
The story of ‘the nobles of the children of Israel’ (Exodus 24:9-11) deals withthe relationship between God and the prime matter of Earth. Although it ispossible to create a continuous interpretation of this story from the Guide ofthe Perplexed, the phrase ‘the like of the very heaven for clearness’ (Exodus24:10) is not interpreted in the book. Instead, it can be deduced fromMaimonides’ interpretation of the Mishna. In the first part of the article, Isuggest an explication of Maimonides’ interpretation of the story, basedpartly on the interpretation of the Mishnah. In the second part of the article,I argue that this verse was deliberately not interpreted in the Guide of thePerplexed in order to allow ambiguity regarding the sin of ‘the nobles of thechildren of Israel’.
Note:
With an English summary.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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