The closed book: how the Rabbis taught the Jews (not) to read the Bible
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Citation Practices -- Rabbinic Literature: Editions Cited -- Introductory Remarks: The People of the Book before the Book -- 1. A Makeshift Scripture: Tales of Biblical Loss, Reconstruction, and Forgery -- 2. A Book That Kills: Rabbinic Stori...
| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Citation Practices -- Rabbinic Literature: Editions Cited -- Introductory Remarks: The People of the Book before the Book -- 1. A Makeshift Scripture: Tales of Biblical Loss, Reconstruction, and Forgery -- 2. A Book That Kills: Rabbinic Stories about Lethal Encounters with Biblical Text -- 3. A Neglected Text: Mistaken Readings, Bible Avoidance, and the Dangers of Reading as We Know It -- 4. A Spoken Scripture: Unlinking the Written from the Oral in Rabbinic Practices of Bible Reading -- 5. A Third Torah: Oral Torah, Written Torah, and the Embrace of a Spoken Scripture -- 6. A Closed Book: The Torah Scroll as the Body of Revelation -- Concluding Remarks: From the Third Torah to God's Monograph -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0691243301 |