A Great Voice That Did Not Cease: The Growth of the Rabbinic Canon and Its Interpretation

by Michael Chernick

The growth of the rabbinic canon may be best described as a hermeneutical endeavor. Michael Chernick demonstrates how hermeneutical methods helped the Rabbis confront the difficulties that arose when logical and interpretative problems appeared in scriptural and, later, rabbinic texts. Given the Rabbis' theological, literary, and rhetorical attitudes, these reading strategies were adopted to obviate the problem the texts presented. After all, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087820461X
• ISBN13: 9780878204618
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"