Scripture and Interpretation
David Satran and Miriam Goldstein
Dep. of Religious Studies, 2012-13
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1. Saint Augustine, Confessions, Book 12:32-34
2. Erich Auerbach, Mimesis, Ch.1: Odysseus' Scar
3. Wilfred Cantwell Smith, "Scripture as Form and Concept: Their Emergence for the Western World," (Miriam Levering ed. Rethinking Scripture, Ch. 2; cf. W.C. Smith, What is Scripture?, Ch. 3)
4. Letter of Aristeas
5. Philo of Alexandria, On the life of Moses, Book II, L. 34-42
6. Philo of Alexandria, On the Creation of the World
7. Philo of Alexandria, On the Contemplative Life
8. Gerald L. Bruns, "Midrash and Allegory: The Beginnings of Scriptural Interpretation" (R. Alter and F. Kermode ed. The Literary Guide to the Bible, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1982)
9. Origen, On the Principles, 1, Preface 2-3, 10
10. Origen, Commentary on Psalms 1-25
11. Hava Lazarus-Yafeh, Intertwined World, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992
12. Robert Brody, Rav Se'adya Gaon, Jerusalem: The Zalman Shazar Center
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to be continued...
