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Maimonides as biblical interpreter [electronic resource] / Sara Klein-Braslavy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: EmunotPublication details: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.Description: 304 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 221.6/092 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1186 .K58 2011
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Contents:
pt. 1. The creation of the world and the story of the Garden of Eden. A chapter in Maimonides' biblical exegesis : the interpretation of the story of the second day of creation -- On Maimonides' interpretation of the story of the Garden of Eden in the Guide for the perplexed I.2 -- The creation of the world and Maimonides interpretation of Genesis 1-5 -- pt. 2. Maimonides' methods of interpreting the Bible. Maimonides' interpretation of Jacob's dream of the ladder -- Maimonides' strategy for interpreting "woman" in the Guide for the perplexed -- Maimonides and esotericism. King Solomon and metaphysical esotericism according to Maimonides -- Maimonides' exoteric and esoteric biblical interpretations in the Guide for the perplexed -- Appendix: Abraham Bar Ḥiyya's interpretation of the story of the creation of man and the story of the Garden of Eden.
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Some of the articles in this volume are based on portions of Perush ha-Rambam le-sipur Beriʼat ha-ʻolam, Perush ha-Rambam la-sipurim ʻal Adam be-farashat Be-reshit, and Shelomoh ha-Melekh ṿeha-ezoṭerizm ha-filosofi be-mishnat ha-Rambam, works by the same author.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and indexes.

pt. 1. The creation of the world and the story of the Garden of Eden. A chapter in Maimonides' biblical exegesis : the interpretation of the story of the second day of creation -- On Maimonides' interpretation of the story of the Garden of Eden in the Guide for the perplexed I.2 -- The creation of the world and Maimonides interpretation of Genesis 1-5 -- pt. 2. Maimonides' methods of interpreting the Bible. Maimonides' interpretation of Jacob's dream of the ladder -- Maimonides' strategy for interpreting "woman" in the Guide for the perplexed -- Maimonides and esotericism. King Solomon and metaphysical esotericism according to Maimonides -- Maimonides' exoteric and esoteric biblical interpretations in the Guide for the perplexed -- Appendix: Abraham Bar Ḥiyya's interpretation of the story of the creation of man and the story of the Garden of Eden.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Essays in English and English translations of Hebrew essays.

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