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Deconstructing the Bible: Abraham Ibn Ezra's "Introduction to the Torah" (Hardcover)

by Irene Lancaster (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (30 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415444446
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415444446
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2 cm
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'A most welcome study of a remarkable man who modern scholars have not taken time to recognize sufficiently.' - "The Jerusalem Post" 'This is an excellent book ... for serious readers looking for a thorough treatment of Ibn Ezra and his influences, this work is ideal.' - "Jewish Chronicle"


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Places the Spanish Jewish Hebrew bible exegete, philosopher, poet, astronomer, astrologer and scientist Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164) in his contextual environment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Abraham ibn Ezra – a mediaeval 'Renaissance Man', 7 April 2003
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This review is from: Deconstructing the Bible: Abraham Ibn Ezra's "Introduction to the Torah" (Curzon Jewish Philosophy) (Hardcover)
It is quite a challenge to make a mediaeval thinker, embedded in the learning and debates of his day, accessible and relevant to a modern readership, but Irene Lancaster succeeds admirably in this study of an underappreciated Jewish thinker. I had come across ibn Ezra before, in Robert Browning’s poem, but had no idea who he was. It was therefore a revelation to discover the fascinating historical figure behind the literary personage. Lancaster’s book opens up the world of ibn Ezra – his adventurous meanderings through Europe, his multi-faceted thought, the religious and philosophical context of his work, and his reception by scholars. As a non-specialist, I found the survey of earlier Jewish, Christian and Muslim approaches to textual interpretation very helpful, for it manages to be wide-ranging without being burdensome. At the heart of the book is a translation of ibn Ezra’s ‘Introduction to the Torah’, which, with the help of a detailed commentary, allows us to see ibn Ezra at work as a creative interpreter and user of language. Ibn Ezra’s concern with the open-endedness of language has postmodern resonances, but as Lancaster points out, his aim ‘was to reach the centre of the circle, not to keep going round in circles’.
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