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Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Although Jewish tradition gives tremendous importance to the Hebrew Bible, from the beginning Jewish interpretation of those Scriptures has been practiced with remarkable freedom. Karin Hedner Zetterholm introduces the legal, theological, and historical presuppositions that shaped the dominant stream of rabbinic interpretation, including Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrashim, discussing examples of...

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a common concern, namely how to preserve a connection and commitment to ancient Holy Scriptures and their traditional interpretations while at the same time adapting them to the present reality. Too much focus on preserving a literal understanding of Holy Scriptures and tradition leads to a situation where traditional laws and customs conflict with modern sensibilities, or appear irrelevant to the modern reality, whereas
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