Interpretative Techniques in Rabbinic Literature: Theoretical Foundations of Research and New Approaches
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https://doi.org/10.30827/meahhebreo.v73.30989Keywords:
Rabbinic literature, Rabbinic interpretation, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Theory of Text, Theory of InterpretationAbstract
In this paper I present a fresh hermeneutical orientation for the study of rabbinic interpretative techniques. The proposal is based on the one hand, on the theoretical advances of 20th century philosophical hermeneutics in relation to dealing with texts (mainly in the works of Hans Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur), and, on the other hand, on a critical review of the status questionis in rabbinic interpretation studies. A methodological application of this hermeneutical orientation is suggested, in the form of a hermeneutical-philological analysis of rabbinic texts focusing on the concrete application of rabbinic interpretative techniques; some guidelines for its development are offered.
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