Every commentator, from the classical rabbi to the modern-day scholar, has brought his or her own worldview, with all of its assumptions, to bear on the reading of holy text. This relationship between the text itself and the reader's interpretation is the subject of Torah Throug…
This work offers a seminal research into Arabic translations of the Pentateuch. It is no exaggeration to speak of this field as a terra incognita. Biblical versions in Arabic were produced over many centuries, on the basis of a wide range of source languages (Hebrew, Syriac, Gre…
In der gegenwärtigen Diskussion um den Status der Tora in der nachexilischen Zeit spielt das Proverbienbuch so gut wie keine Rolle. Die vorliegende Studie leuchtet den traditionsgeschichtlichen Hintergrund von Prov 2 neu aus und untersucht davon ausgehend die Komposition von Pro…
The Book of Proverbs plays almost no role at all in the current discussion on the status of the Torah in the post-exile era. This study casts light on traditional background of Prov 2 and, on this basis, investigates the composition of Prov 1-9. It shows that the Book of Proverb…
In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus' life and the rise of the early church. Since the 1950s, however, a dramatic shift has occurred in the study of Judais…
In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, Christian scholars portrayed Judaism as the dark religious backdrop to the liberating events of Jesus' life and the rise of the early church. Since the 1950s, however, a dramatic shift has occurred in the study of Judais…
"Scholars have described Psalm 119 as the "crux criticorum" of the Fifth Book of the Psalter (Pss 107-150). While the length of the psalm and its insistence on the question of YHWH's Torah are basic indices pointing to its importance in the Book, the question of its message, tha…
Cosa significa che Gesù Cristo non è venuto ad abolire ma a portare a compimento la legge e i profeti? Qual è il rapporto tra l'insegnamento del Messia e la Torah alla luce di quanto viene detto in Mt 5,17-48? Come risolvere l'evidente tensione tra la fedeltà alla legge nei suoi…
