With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Contents......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 18
PART I: MEDIEVAL JEWISH EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE......Page 20
1. An Introduction to Medieval Jewish Biblical Interpretation......Page 22
2. The Search for Truth in Sacred Scripture: Jews, Christians, and the Authority to Interpret......Page 32
3. The Tension between Literal Interpretation and Exegetical Freedom: Comparative Observations on Saadia\'s Method......Page 52
4. Karaite Commentaries on the Song of Songs from Tenth-Century Jerusalem......Page 70
5. Restoring the Narrative: Jewish and Christian Exegesis in the Twelfth Century......Page 89
6. Rashbam as a \"Literary\" Exegete......Page 102
7. Asceticism and Eroticism in Medieval Jewish Philosophical and Mystical Exegesis of the Song of Songs......Page 111
8. Typology, Narrative, and History: Isaac ben Joseph ha-Kohen on the Book of Ruth......Page 138
9. The Method of Doubts: Problematizing the Bible in Late Medieval Jewish Exegesis......Page 152
10. Introducing Scripture: The Accessus ad auctores in Hebrew Exegetical Literature from the Thirteenth through the Fifteenth Centuries......Page 176
11. On the Social Role of Biblical Interpretation: The Case of Proverbs 22:6......Page 199
PART II: MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EXEGESIS OF THE BIBLE......Page 214
12. An Introduction to Medieval Christian Biblical Interpretation......Page 216
13. The Letter of the Law: Carolingian Exegetes and the Old Testament......Page 223
14. The Four \"Senses\" and Four Exegetes......Page 244
15. Laudat sensum et significationem: Robert Grosseteste on the Four Senses of Scripture......Page 256
16. Beryl Smalley, Thomas of Cantimpré, and the Performative Reading of Scripture: A Study in Two Exempla......Page 275
17. The Theological Character of the Scholastic \"Division of the Text\" with Particular Reference to the Commentaries of Saint Thomas Aquinas......Page 295
18. Thomas of Ireland and his De tribus sensibus sacrae scripturae......Page 303
19. Material Swords and Literal Lights: The Status of Allegory in William of Ockham\'s Breviloquium on Papal Power......Page 311
PART III: MEDIEVAL EXEGESIS OF THE QUR\'ĀN......Page 328
20. An Introduction to Medieval Interpretation of the Qur\'ān......Page 330
21. Discussion and Debate in Early Commentaries of the Qur\'ān......Page 339
22. Weaknesses in the Arguments for the Early Dating of Qur\'ānic Commentary......Page 348
23. The Scriptural \"Senses\" in Medieval Sufi Qur\'ān Exegesis......Page 365
24. Are There Allegories in Sufī Qur\'ān Interpretation?......Page 385
25. From the Sacred Mosque to the Remote Temple: Surat al-Isrā\' between Text and Commentary......Page 395
26. Qur\'ānic Exegesis and History......Page 427
27. The Self-Referentiality of the Qur\'ān: Sura 3:7 as an Exegetical Challenge......Page 441
28. The Designation of \"Foreign\" Languages in the Exegesis of the Qur\'ān......Page 456
29. The Genre Boundaries of Qur\'ānic Commentary......Page 464
A......Page 482
B......Page 484
C......Page 485
D......Page 486
F......Page 487
H......Page 488
I......Page 489
K......Page 491
M......Page 492
P......Page 494
R......Page 495
S......Page 496
U......Page 499
Z......Page 500
Index to Citations from the Bible, Rabbinic Literature, and the Qur\'an......Page 502