Bringing the Hidden to Light: The Process of Interpretation : Studies in Honor of Stephen A. GellerKathryn F. Kravitz, Diane M. Sharon Geller is Irma Cameron Milstein Professor of Bible at Jewish Theological Seminary. Geller's attention to language and interest in applying the methods of literary analysis to the Hebrew Bible are reflected in his work throughout his career. He has addressed such topics as "The Dynamics of Parallel Verse" in Deuteronomy 32, the "Language of Imagery in Psalm 114," and the literary uses of "Cleft Sentences with Pleonastic Pronoun." Combining a historical orientation with deep exegeses of individual texts, he has focused on the contribution that the literary approach might make to the study of biblical religion. He has developed what he terms a "literary theology," in which, by examining the literary devices in the passage under consideration, he has been able to formulate emerging religious ideas that the ancient writers did not express in systematic treatises. His method is illustrated in his studies of texts that represent the major religious traditions of the Hebrew Bible; these studies have been collected in Sacred Enigmas, published in 1997. The essays in this volume were contributed by colleagues, friends, and students of Stephen A. Geller to mark the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Marc Z. Brettler, Alan Cooper, Frank Moore Cross, Stephen Garfinkel, Edward L. Greenstein, Robert A. Harris, S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Kathryn F. Kravitz, Anne Lapidus Lerner, David Marcus, Yochanan Muffs, Benjamin Ravid, Michael Rosenbaum, Raymond P. Scheindlin, William M. Schniedewind, Diane M. Sharon, Benjamin D. Sommer. |
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... traditional num- ber.39 Problems in the original source (in this case, the hail-locust contradic- tion) were resolved. Due to his theology, the author expurgated pestilence, one of his source's plagues; this is not surprising because ...
... traditional Jewish authori- ties were troubled by the spread of secular learning, particularly the study of philosophy. They observed how easily philosophical teaching could under- mine or even supplant religious authority. One of the ...
... traditional teaching , casting aspersions upon and belittling true wisdom and speaking of it disparagingly , saying that the only thing that has any value , in his opinion , is philosophy , and that everyone should be drawn to it ...
... traditional teaching , the very source and root of the Law , the basis for fear of heaven , obviously must be banished . There has never been a greater scoffer , more worthy of banishment , than this fellow . He has more- over , been ...
... traditional style , “ The word of the Lord came to Jonah ... saying : ' Arise , go to Nineveh , that great city . ' ” So Jonah arises and heads for Tarshish . Told by the Lord to go to Nineveh , the metropolis as far eastward as civili ...