{"product_id":"scripture-and-tradition-9780812246438","title":"Scripture and Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe earliest rabbinic commentary to the Book of Leviticus, the Sifra, is generally considered an exemplum of Rabbi Akiva''s intensely scriptural school of interpretation. But, Azzan Yadin-Israel contends, the Sifra commentary exhibits two distinct layers of interpretation that bring dramatically different assumptions to bear on the biblical text: earlier interpretations accord with the hermeneutic principles associated with Rabbi Ishmael, the other major school of early rabbinic midrash, while later additions subtly alter hermeneutic terminology and formulas, resulting in an engagement with Scripture that is not interpretive at all. Rather, the midrashic terminology in the Sifra''s anonymous passages is part of what Yadin-Israel calls a hermeneutic of camouflage, aimed at presenting oral traditions as though they were Scripture-based injunctions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScripture and Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radical rereading of the Sifra and its authorship, with far-reaching ramifications for our un\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Conceptually sophisticated and wonderfully erudite, \u003ci\u003eScripture and Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e touches on the most fundamental questions of the Midrashic project.\" * Moshe Halbertal, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. A HERMENEUTIC OF CAMOUFLAGE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Sifra as Midrash: Hermeneutic Markedness\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Sifra as Midrash: Vacuity and Semantic Discontinuity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Terminological Identity and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \"On the Basis of This, They Said\" (Mikan ʾAmru) and the Role of Scripture\u003cbr\u003e PART II. THE CURIOUS CAREER OF BARRI AKIVA\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Rabbi Akiva the Interpreter: From the Mishnah to the Talmud\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Rabbi Akiva, the Anonymous Sifra, and the Hermeneutics of Camouflage\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Rabbi Akiva's Biographical Transformation\u003cbr\u003e PART III. MIDRASH AND HALAKHOT: A REEVALUATION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Anomaly of Tannaitic Literature: Interpretation, Revelation, and Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e Excursus. Oral Tradition as the Site of Esotericism\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Midrash and Extra-Scriptural Tradition: A Synchronic Model\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Rabbi Akiva and the Ironic Triumph of Midrash\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Hebrew Sources\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737445413207,"sku":"9780812246438","price":75.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scripture-and-tradition-9780812246438","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}