Maimonides as biblical interpreter [electronic resource] /
Sara Klein-Braslavy.
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
- 304 p.
- Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah .
- Emunot. .
Some of the articles in this volume are based on portions of Perush ha-Rambam le-sipur Beriʼat ha-ʻolam, Perush ha-Rambam la-sipurim ʻal Adam be-farashat Be-reshit, and Shelomoh ha-Melekh ṿeha-ezoṭerizm ha-filosofi be-mishnat ha-Rambam, works by the same author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-282) and indexes.
pt. 1. The creation of the world and the story of the Garden of Eden. A chapter in Maimonides' biblical exegesis : the interpretation of the story of the second day of creation -- On Maimonides' interpretation of the story of the Garden of Eden in the Guide for the perplexed I.2 -- The creation of the world and Maimonides interpretation of Genesis 1-5 -- pt. 2. Maimonides' methods of interpreting the Bible. Maimonides' interpretation of Jacob's dream of the ladder -- Maimonides' strategy for interpreting "woman" in the Guide for the perplexed -- Maimonides and esotericism. King Solomon and metaphysical esotericism according to Maimonides -- Maimonides' exoteric and esoteric biblical interpretations in the Guide for the perplexed -- Appendix: Abraham Bar Ḥiyya's interpretation of the story of the creation of man and the story of the Garden of Eden.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Essays in English and English translations of Hebrew essays.