דעתם של פרשני המקרא בימי הביניים בשאלת חיבור ספרי המקרא: היבטים מחקריים ומתודולוגיים

Translated title of the contribution: Medieval Bible Commentators on the Question of the Composition of the Bible: Research and Methodological Aspects

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Abstract

Academics who study medieval Bible commentary take great interest in the views of the commentators on the question of the composition of the books of the Bible. This interest began with the first study of medieval commentaries during the Haskalah period, and has increased considerably since then, showing the extreme importance attributed to this topic in the academy. However, this interest proves to be disproportionate with respect both to the number and content of the statements made by the commentators. Moreover, many of the aforementioned studies are characterized by basic methodological errors and even suffer from incorrect readings of source material. The main methodological errors are as follows: (1) Modern scholars do not always take into account the tendency of the commentators to vary their language and use anonymous names to attribute authorship; (2) they ascribe erroneous meanings to verbs which describe literary activity; (3) they do not differentiate between questions of authorship and comments which are devoted to literary characteristics; (4) they make unnecessary connections between non-verbal revelation (i.e. writing that is not divine dictation) and editorial techniques; (5) they assume that the question of authorship of the biblical books is as central to the commentator's concerns as it is to themselves; (6) they do not always consider the essential starting assumptions that distinguish medieval commentary from critical Bible research. These mistakes are interrelated and complementary, and they convey the tenor of the research and to a large extent, shape it as well.
Translated title of the contributionMedieval Bible Commentators on the Question of the Composition of the Bible: Research and Methodological Aspects
Original languageHebrew
Pages (from-to)103-158
Number of pages56
Journalתרביץ: רבעון למדעי היהדות
Volume84
Issue number1-2
StatePublished - 2016

IHP publications

  • ihp
  • Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible -- Hemeneutics
  • Bible -- Proverbs
  • Hebrew language, Medieval
  • Jews -- History -- Middle Ages, 500-1500
  • Karaites (Jewish law)
  • Kimhi, David -- approximately 1160-approximately 1235
  • היסטוריה יהודית -- ימי הביניים
  • חקר המקרא
  • יפת בן עלי הלוי הקראי
  • פרשנות המקרא
  • פרשנות קראית למקרא
  • קמחי, דוד (רד"ק) -- 1160-1235
  • שפה עברית -- ימי הביניים
  • תנ"ך. משלי

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