Scripture and Tradition: Rabbi Akiva and the Triumph of Midrash

by Azzan Yadin-Israel

The 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246438
• ISBN13: 9780812246438
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"