‘If the Text Had Not Been Written, It Could Not Be Said’
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Description
This chapter explores the inner workings and implications of an unusual rabbinic locution. What at first appears like a simple hedge, when read more deeply, offers profound theological insights in which God is understood counter-intuitively as a slave, a wife, and a victim. While the chapter uncovers the yearning that Israel felt for God and the temple, it reveals the rich and complex emotions that link God to Israel.
First Page
146
Source Publication
Scriptural Exegesis: The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination: Essays in Honour of Michael Fishbane
Source Editors/Authors
Deborah A. Green, Laura S. Lieber
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Recommended Citation
Moshe Halbertal,
‘If the Text Had Not Been Written, It Could Not Be Said’,
Scriptural Exegesis: The Shapes of Culture and the Religious Imagination: Essays in Honour of Michael Fishbane
146
(2009).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/751
