Early Jewish Exegesis and Theological Controversy: Studies in Scripture in the Shadow of Internal and External Conflicts

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Landy, F

• This is a collection of seven somewhat disparate essays by Isaac Kalimi, who has worked for many years on Chronicles, but whose research interests cover the spectrum of Jewish folklore, Midrash, of which Chronicles is an early example, and issues of Jewish and Christian interpretation. The essays are highly readable, extremely erudite, and always have a sharp and distinctive point. Two are on the Akedah; one concerns the topos of biblical heroes who were born circumcised; two are on aspects of the Joseph story; and two are on the relationship of theology to biblical studies, including a review-article on a book by Rolf Knierim. Earlier versions of the articles have been previously published in various languages.

• Date created

  2003-01-04

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Biblical heroes
  • Interpretation
  • Jewish
  • Christian
  • Theology
  • Biblical studies
  • Folklore

• Type of Item

  Review

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3RJ4978F

• License

  Attribution 4.0 International