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Yakir Paz

From Scribes to Scholars

Rabbinic Biblical Exegesis in Light of the Homeric Commentaries
[Vom Schreiber zum Gelehrten. Rabbinische Bibelexegese im Lichte der homerischen Kommentare.]
2022. XVI, 372 pages.
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  • 978-3-16-161630-3
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Summary
Yakir Paz shows that the ancient Homeric commentaries had a major impact on the formation of rabbinic biblical commentaries in the second and third century CE. This impact is discernible in the terminology and exegetical techniques used by the rabbis, and in their didactic and literary approaches.

Culture, Religion, and Politics in the Greco-Roman World (CRPG)