By Michael Fishbane PhD
The most recent quantity within the Jewish e-book Society’s hugely acclaimed Bible statement sequence, music of Songs offers a line-by-line remark of the unique Hebrew Bible textual content, entire with vocalization and cantillation marks, along the JPS English translation. specific to this quantity are 4 layers of remark: the conventional PaRDeS of peshat (literal meaning), derash (midrashic and religious-traditional sense), remez (allegorical level), and sod (mystical and non secular intimations). Michael Fishbane skillfully attracts from all of them to bare the intense variety of interpretations and concepts perceived during this loved biblical e-book. A accomplished advent, wide endnotes, a whole bibliography (traditional and modern), and extra explanatory fabrics are incorporated to reinforce the reader’s appreciation of the work.
This unique, entire observation at the tune of Songs translates historic, severe, and standard assets drawn from the traditional close to East, the full spectrum of Jewish assets and commentaries, and sleek serious experiences.
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32 This solution is problematic on several counts: As noted above, the most relevant attestation of tw) is Gen 9:13, 17, as it is the only occurrence, aside from Gen 17:11, of the full phrase tyrIb%; twO) . In that case, the sign is placed by God and is explicitly a reminder to him. By analogy, circumcision should be understood as a sign for the one who affixes it, the Israelite male, not YHWH. Second, the distribution of the key phrase tyrb rkz does not support the thesis that circumcision is a reminder for God.
19 Sections 1, 2, 4, and 5 refer to divine promises, while section 3 contains the command tyrb. The content of the relevant passages makes the division quite clear. Section 3, Gen 17:9–14, is comprised of a series of instructions governing the practice of circumcision. The other four units describe various commitments made by God to Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Ishmael, and their descendants. That the individual units are distinguished by the category of tyrb they describe is also evident by the verbs utilized within them.
20. The text specifies two types of hireling, the b#$wt and the ryk#&. The former resided at his employer’s premises, while the latter was a wage laborer who lived in his own home. The pair ryk#&/b#$wt is attested in P in Lev 22:10; 25:6, 40. Lev 19:13 enjoins the Israelite to pay the ryk#& every day without fail. 22 sign of the covenant alien resides with you and performs a paschal offering to YHWH, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach to perform it. He shall be as a native of the land.