- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction. The Role of Scribes in the Transmission of Biblical Literature
- 2 Lexical and Explicative Comments
- 3 Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- 4 Conclusions
- 5 Introduction. The Scope and Content of Biblical Law as a Factor in the Emergence of Exegesis
- 6 Legal Exegesis With Verbatim, Paraphrastic, or Pseudocitations in Historical Sources
- 7 Legal Exegesis With Covert Citations in Historical Sources
- 8 Legal Exegesis and Explication in the Pentateuchal Legal Corpora
- 9 Conclusions
- 10 Introduction. Preliminary Considerations
- 11 Aggadic Exegesis of Legal Traditions in the Prophetic Literature
- 12 Aggadic Transformations of Non‐Legal Pentateuchal Traditions
- 13 Aggadic Exegesis in the Historiographical Literature
- 14 Conclusions
- 15 Introduction. The Shape and Nature of Mantological Material as Factors for Exegesis
- 16 The Mantological Exegesis of Dreams, Visions, and Omens
- 17 The Mantological Exegesis of Oracles
- 18 Generic Transformations
- 19 Conclusions
- 20 Epilogue
- 21 Addenda
- Select Bibliography
- Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions
- Analytical Index of Contents and Authors*
- Index of Scriptural and Other Sources
- II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- III. Dead Dea Scrolls
- IV. Targumic Material
- V. Rabbinic Literature (Mishna, Tosephta, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds)
- VI. Other Rabbinic Works
- VII. Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts
Lexical and Explicative Comments
Lexical and Explicative Comments
- Chapter:
- (p.44) 2 Lexical and Explicative Comments
- Source:
- Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel
- Author(s):
Michael Fishbane (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A typology of lexical and explicative comments within the Hebrew Bible is presented with diverse examples. Among these is the explicit formulaic use of deictic elements (like ‘that is’; or ‘this means’) followed by a clarifying feature. These are used to explicate unclear or antiquated terms, as well as ambiguities of terms and phrasing, in the biblical sources. Various implicit clarifications, without deictic elements, are noted. A detailed method is established to show this phenomenon, in particular, the comparison of related formulations and texts in different parts of the Hebrew Bible. Use is also made of the various versions of Scriptures (like the Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch), as well as the Qumran manuscripts.
Keywords: deictic elements, emendations, explicative comments, interpolations, lexical comments, scribal guilds, scribal practice
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction. The Role of Scribes in the Transmission of Biblical Literature
- 2 Lexical and Explicative Comments
- 3 Pious Revisions and Theological Addenda
- 4 Conclusions
- 5 Introduction. The Scope and Content of Biblical Law as a Factor in the Emergence of Exegesis
- 6 Legal Exegesis With Verbatim, Paraphrastic, or Pseudocitations in Historical Sources
- 7 Legal Exegesis With Covert Citations in Historical Sources
- 8 Legal Exegesis and Explication in the Pentateuchal Legal Corpora
- 9 Conclusions
- 10 Introduction. Preliminary Considerations
- 11 Aggadic Exegesis of Legal Traditions in the Prophetic Literature
- 12 Aggadic Transformations of Non‐Legal Pentateuchal Traditions
- 13 Aggadic Exegesis in the Historiographical Literature
- 14 Conclusions
- 15 Introduction. The Shape and Nature of Mantological Material as Factors for Exegesis
- 16 The Mantological Exegesis of Dreams, Visions, and Omens
- 17 The Mantological Exegesis of Oracles
- 18 Generic Transformations
- 19 Conclusions
- 20 Epilogue
- 21 Addenda
- Select Bibliography
- Glossary of Biblical Exegetic Terms and Expressions
- Analytical Index of Contents and Authors*
- Index of Scriptural and Other Sources
- II. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
- III. Dead Dea Scrolls
- IV. Targumic Material
- V. Rabbinic Literature (Mishna, Tosephta, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds)
- VI. Other Rabbinic Works
- VII. Selected Ancient Near Eastern Texts
