ISBN:
9789004493810
,
9789004129719
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2003
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Series Statement:
Études sur le judaïsme médiéval 26
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Three Approaches to Biblical Metaphor : From Abraham Ibn Ezra and Maimonides to David Kimhi
Keywords:
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr
;
Kimhi, David
;
Maimonides, Moses
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish To 1500
;
History
;
Bible Language, style
;
Bible as literature
;
Metaphor in the Bible
Abstract:
This volume explores how the poetic technique of biblical metaphor was analyzed within the Jewish exegetical tradition that developed in Muslim Spain during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry and was then transplanted to a Christian milieu. Abraham Ibn Ezra and Maimonides applied concepts from Arabic poetics, hermeneutics and logic to define metaphor and interpret it within their philological-literary readings of Scripture. David Kimhi integrated their methodologies with the midrashic creativity and sensitivity to nuance typical of his native Provence to create a new literary interpretive system that highlights the expressiveness of metaphor. This study is important for readers interested in metaphor, the Bible as literature, the history of biblical interpretation and the inter-relation between Arabic and Hebrew learning
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004493810
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