Sugya Schools Literary / exegetical-allegory
School of thoughtLiterary / exegetical-allegory
Reads the pardes baraita as a literary-exegetical construction (an allegory of the dangers of esoteric exegesis, or of the rabbinic invention of the heretic) rather than a transcript of ecstatic ascent.
Readings in this camp 3
- David J. Halperinverified
a literary figure for the Genesis-1 upper/lower waters
on The Four Who Entered the Pardes
- Peter Schäferengine
an allegory of the dangers of esoteric exegesis
on The Four Who Entered the Pardes
- Alon Goshen-Gottsteinengine
“Aher” is a rabbinic literary invention
on The Four Who Entered the Pardes