The purpose of this thesis is to explore the interplay of exegesis and ideology in the variety of Jewish medieval interpretation to Exodus 33:12-23. This thesis examines the intersection of ideology at three stages of the exegetical process. In the first stage, the commentator singles out "difficulties" in the biblical text. In the second stage, the commentator proposes formal solutions to these textual problems which provide a conceptual framework in which to introduce exegetical content. Finally, there are the actual comments themselves which provide the reservoir of exegetical content from which to glean the ideological tendencies of a particular commentator. The term "interplay" indicates the dynamic aspect of the relationship between exegesis and ideology and refers to the manner in which a commentator's ideological views influence his exegetical considerations and vice-versa. Contrasting various schools of exegesis to the biblical unit will sharpen the distinctive ideological positions of each author.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.26702 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Creators | Rand, Dan. |
| Contributors | Kaplan, Lawrence (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Jewish Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001574019, proquestno: MQ29508, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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