Maimonides as biblical interpreter

Klein-Braslavy, Sara.

Maimonides as biblical interpreter [electronic resource] / Sara Klein-Braslavy. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011. - 304 p. - Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah . - Emunot. .

Some of the articles in this volume are based on portions of Perush ha-Rambam le-sipur Beriat ha-olam, Perush ha-Rambam la-sipurim al Adam be-farashat Be-reshit, and Shelomoh ha-Melekh veha-ezoterizm 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 Hiyya's interpretation of the story of the creation of man and the story of the Garden of Eden.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


Essays in English and English translations of Hebrew essays.

9781618110435 (electronic bk.)




Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Dalalat al-hairin.


Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Bible.--O.T.--Hermeneutics.


Electronic books.

BS1186 / .K58 2011

221.6/092