Opening the Gates of Interpretation
Maimonides' Biblical Hermeneutics in Light of His Geonic-Andalusian Heritage and Muslim Milieu
Biographical note
Mordechai Z. Cohen, Ph.D. (1994) in Bible, Yeshiva University, is Professor of Bible and Associate Dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University. He has published extensively on Jewish Bible interpretation, including Three Approaches to Biblical Metaphor (Brill, 2003).
Readership
All those interested in Jewish Bible interpretation, peshat (“the plain sense”), halakhah (Jewish law), legal hermeneutics, the harmonization of Scripture and reason, and the inter-relation of Jewish and Arabic learning.
Reviews
"With its indexes, appendices and bibliography, Cohen’s work makes an important contribution to Jewish
intellectual history and to biblical scholarship. It will appeal to the specialist and is an essential text for an
academic Judaica collection."
Randall C. Belinfante, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (2012) Vol. 2, No. 1
"It is a valuable contribution to the entire study of medieval biblical exegesis and will undoubtedly serve as the basis of all subsequent discussions of Maimonides' hermeneutics."
Daniel J. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
intellectual history and to biblical scholarship. It will appeal to the specialist and is an essential text for an
academic Judaica collection."
Randall C. Belinfante, Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews (2012) Vol. 2, No. 1
"It is a valuable contribution to the entire study of medieval biblical exegesis and will undoubtedly serve as the basis of all subsequent discussions of Maimonides' hermeneutics."
Daniel J. Lasker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE GEONIC-ANDALUSIAN HERITAGE
CHAPTER 2: ZĀHIR AL-NASS IN MAIMONIDES’ SYSTEM
CHAPTER 3. RATIONALE FOR THE COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER 4: MASHAL AS HERMENEUTICAL MODEL
CHAPTER 5: HALAKHIC EXEGESIS AND MUSLIM JURISPRUDENCE
CHAPTER 6. MAIMONIDES’ RULE OF PESHAT PRIMACY
CHAPTER 7: TRANSFORMATION OF THE PESHAT PRINCIPLE
CHAPTER 8: INTEGRATING HALAKHAH AND PESHAT
CHAPTER 9: COORDINATING PESHAT AND ZĀHIR
CHAPTER 10: THE GATES OF TA’WĪL AND INTERPRETIVE CREATIVITY
CONCLUSION: MAIMONIDES IN THE EXEGETICAL CONSTELLATION
APPENDIX A: MEANING AND TRANSLATION OF THE PESHAT PRINCIPLE
APPENDIX B: THE TERM PESHAT IN MAIMONIDES’ OTHER WRITINGS
APPENDIX C: IBN EZRA’S LIST OF EXAMPLES IN YESOD MORA
CHAPTER 1: THE GEONIC-ANDALUSIAN HERITAGE
CHAPTER 2: ZĀHIR AL-NASS IN MAIMONIDES’ SYSTEM
CHAPTER 3. RATIONALE FOR THE COMMANDMENTS
CHAPTER 4: MASHAL AS HERMENEUTICAL MODEL
CHAPTER 5: HALAKHIC EXEGESIS AND MUSLIM JURISPRUDENCE
CHAPTER 6. MAIMONIDES’ RULE OF PESHAT PRIMACY
CHAPTER 7: TRANSFORMATION OF THE PESHAT PRINCIPLE
CHAPTER 8: INTEGRATING HALAKHAH AND PESHAT
CHAPTER 9: COORDINATING PESHAT AND ZĀHIR
CHAPTER 10: THE GATES OF TA’WĪL AND INTERPRETIVE CREATIVITY
CONCLUSION: MAIMONIDES IN THE EXEGETICAL CONSTELLATION
APPENDIX A: MEANING AND TRANSLATION OF THE PESHAT PRINCIPLE
APPENDIX B: THE TERM PESHAT IN MAIMONIDES’ OTHER WRITINGS
APPENDIX C: IBN EZRA’S LIST OF EXAMPLES IN YESOD MORA
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