Jewish Interpretation of the Bible: Ancient and Contemporary (Biblia.com)

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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...

saying: “The truth is that when the Holy One gave the Torah to Israel, He gave it to them as wheat out of which the fine flour of Mishnah was to be produced and as flax out of which the fine linen cloth of Mishnah was to be produced.”4 In other words, the parable suggests that new interpretations of the biblical text are not only legitimate but desirable and even superior to the original product. According to this view, God expects humans to search for new meanings, develop and adapt the Bible to

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