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The interpretation of authoritative texts is a characteristic feature of the classical religions. In this regard, the Hebrew Bible is a fundamental source for religious exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This book investigates, in a comprehensive manner, the origins of such Scriptural interpretation within the Hebrew Bible itself. Of crucial importance is the development of a method, in order to isolate and analyse the exegetical features found (explicitly and implicitly) within this text. The terms traditum (or body of tradition) and traditio (or transmission) are introduced, and t ... More
Keywords: canon, commentary, inner‐biblical interpretation, revelation, traditio, tradition, tradition‐history, traditum
Print publication date: 1988 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198266990 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 | DOI:10.1093/0198266995.001.0001 |
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