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

By: Klein-Braslavy, Sara.
Contributor(s): Klein-Braslavy, Sara. Perush ha-Rambam le-sipur Beriʼat ha-ʻolam. English | Klein-Braslavy, Sara. Perush ha-Rambam la-sipurim ʻal Adam be-farashat Be-reshit. English | Klein-Braslavy, Sara. Shelomoh ha-Melekh ṿeha-ezoṭerizm ha-filosofi be-mishnat ha-Rambam. English | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Emunot: Publisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011Description: 304 p.Subject(s): Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 | Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Dalālat al-ḥāʼirīn | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish | Bible. Old Testament -- HermeneuticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 221.6/092 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Essays in English and English translations of Hebrew essays.