Literal meaning and rabbinic hermeneutics: A response to Claudio Luzzati and Jan Broekman

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作者：

Jackson B.S. ^{[1
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[1] Department of Modern Jewish Studies, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester

[2] Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Oxford Road

来源：

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law | 2001年 / 14卷 / 2期

关键词：

Literal Meaning; Apply Linguistics; Simple Meaning; Textual Meaning;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1011297408750

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摘要：

This response to the articles of Luzzati and Broekman (in this issue) addresses principally the character of early rabbinic legal interpretation, as viewed by the Rabbis themselves. It considers, with examples, their concept of "simple meaning" (peshat), and its place within their overall hermeneutic system and its theological presuppositions. The second section responds more briefly to the theoretical critiques of Luzzati and Broekman, stressing that (my version of) semiotics is descriptive rather than normative; resists the reduction of textual meaning to interpretation; and refuses to equate decision-making with justification. I suggest that traces of traditional theological positions may be discerned in the normativist positions of my interlocutors. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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