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Judaism: Torah, Talmud and Tradition

Peshat and Derash

Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic Exegesis

by David Weiss Halivni

A study by a leading Talmudist of the relationship between the plain meaning of Scripture and rabbinic interpretation. Halivni traces how the distinction between peshat and derash developed and how medieval commentators such as Rashi handled it.

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