Peshat and Derash: Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis

by David Weiss Halivni

Book Overview

From the days of Plato, the problem of the efficacy and adequacy of the written word as a vehicle of human communication has challenged mankind, yet the mystery of how best to achieve clarity and exactitude of written expression has never been solved. The most repercussive instance of this universal problem has been the exegesis of the law embodied in Hebrew scripture. Peshat and Derash is the first book to trace the Jewish interpretative enterprise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195115716
• ISBN13: 9780195115710
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 7.9"