Reading the Bible as Scripture

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Religion

 

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Debra P

 

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February 15, 2014

 

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University

 

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There developed an oral tradition which was based upon the teachings of the rabbis (midrash- "to seek out, investigate, inquire of"). Midrash ," refers to (1) the particular mode of scriptural interpretation practiced by the rabbis of the land of Israel and Babylonia in late antiquity, (2) any individual rabbinic interpretation ("a Midrash"), and (3) the corpus of edited literature composed of rabbinic scriptural interpretations...
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Midrashic Hermeneutics. As a mode of scriptural interpretation Midrash is characterized by its dense overreading of the biblical text. Every lexical element is deemed to bear meaning. Underlying techniques of Midrash is the conviction that the scriptural text in all its details constitutes the revealed word of God, hence every textual element is significant and conveys a meaning (frequently multiple meanings) intended by the divine Author; there are no redundancies...
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