Devorah Schoenfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 1601334 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Devorah Schoenfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Devorah |
| FAMILY NAME | Schoenfeld |
| SIGNATURE | SCHOENFELD D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Jewish Theology and its Sources
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology1 presents a wide range of sources for contemporary Jewish theology. Part of it consists of chapters that describe a thinker or a body of work, including the Bible, Rabbinic Theology, daily liturgy, Rambam, Kabbalah, Rav Kook, Rosenzweig and Levinas. A second part consists of synthetic or constructive work addressing theological questions on the nature of theology, the ability of humans to understand God,…
Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars
Devorah Schoenfeld's new work offers an in-depth examination of two of the most influential Christian and Jewish Bible commentaries of the High Middle Ages. The Glossa Ordinaria and Rashi's commentary were standard texts for Bible study in the High Middle Ages, and Rashi's influence continues to the present day. Although Rashi's commentary and the Glossa developed at the same time with no known contact between them, they shared a way of reading t…
Akedah as an Actual Sacrifice
Akedat Yitzhak (The Binding of Isaac) is one of the most powerful and yet horrifying narratives of the Hebrew Bible, describing a sacrifice which was ultimately not performed, as Isaac was not slaughtered. However, over the centuries Jewish exegesis developed a controversial tradition in which Isaac was in fact sacrificed. This paper traces this tradition from Midrashic texts through Hebrew Crusade narratives into works by modern Jewish artists. …
Twelfth Century Literal Bible Commentaries
In the twelfth century, both Jewish and Christian Bible commentators began to emphasize literal, or historical, or contextual, approaches to interpreting scripture. These commentators wrote predominantly line-by-line commentaries that focused the reader's attention on linguistic questions in the biblical text. There was also a renewed interest in seeing the Bible in its own terms rather than exclusively through the lens of earlier midrashic or pa…
Madness and Prophecy
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Madness and Prophecy
Twelfth Century Literal Bible Commentaries
In the twelfth century, both Jewish and Christian Bible commentators began to emphasize literal, or historical, or contextual, approaches to interpreting scripture. These commentators wrote predominantly line-by-line commentaries that focused the reader's attention on linguistic questions in the biblical text. There was also a renewed interest in seeing the Bible in its own terms rather than exclusively through the lens of earlier midrashic or pa…
Isaac On Jewish and Christian Altars
Devorah Schoenfeld's new work offers an in-depth examination of two of the most influential Christian and Jewish Bible commentaries of the High Middle Ages. The Glossa Ordinaria and Rashi's commentary were standard texts for Bible study in the High Middle Ages, and Rashi's influence continues to the present day. Although Rashi's commentary and the Glossa developed at the same time with no known contact between them, they shared a way of reading t…
Akedah as an Actual Sacrifice
Akedat Yitzhak (The Binding of Isaac) is one of the most powerful and yet horrifying narratives of the Hebrew Bible, describing a sacrifice which was ultimately not performed, as Isaac was not slaughtered. However, over the centuries Jewish exegesis developed a controversial tradition in which Isaac was in fact sacrificed. This paper traces this tradition from Midrashic texts through Hebrew Crusade narratives into works by modern Jewish artists. …
Jewish Theology and its Sources
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology1 presents a wide range of sources for contemporary Jewish theology. Part of it consists of chapters that describe a thinker or a body of work, including the Bible, Rabbinic Theology, daily liturgy, Rambam, Kabbalah, Rav Kook, Rosenzweig and Levinas. A second part consists of synthetic or constructive work addressing theological questions on the nature of theology, the ability of humans to understand God,…
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (5 works) · Judaism (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Theology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Exegesis (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works)