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- noun An
interpretive commentary onscripture , especially one inHebrew .
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The new method I did use, called the pesher technique (which finds history objectively placed in the text, not allegory) was not applied to the Dead Sea Scrolls (if this is what he means by "historical manuscripts") but to the New Testament.
The Pesher Technique Thiering, Barbara 1994
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The commentaries they wrote looking to Scripture for an explanation of current events are called pesharim plural of the Hebrew pesher, meaning “interpretation”.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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The commentaries they wrote looking to Scripture for an explanation of current events are called pesharim plural of the Hebrew pesher, meaning “interpretation”.
Women Who Ruled: Salome Alexandra Jan 2008
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Jose Faur clarifies the point in Golden Doves, saying, The Hebrew term for interpretation, peter/pesher, implies the notion of compromise.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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Jose Faur clarifies the point in Golden Doves, saying, The Hebrew term for interpretation, peter/pesher, implies the notion of compromise.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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Jose Faur clarifies the point in Golden Doves, saying, The Hebrew term for interpretation, peter/pesher, implies the notion of compromise.
David Shasha: Monolingualism, Scriptural Translation and the Problem of Western Civilization David Shasha 2010
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As for 10-11, there is some pesher stuff going on there, and it is still the case that it occurs within a string of statements BY God, to the Messiah.
HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010
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I readily admit that it is not without difficulties hermeneutically, but that is the nature of pesher exegesis.
HANDS Across the Godhead? James F. McGrath 2010
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Might you be willing to entertain a post on midrash and pesher in order to enlighten your readers?
Jesus the Anti-Christ? Jewish 'Messianic' Texts from a Christian Perspective James F. McGrath 2009
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It wasn't until I discovered interpretive methods such as midrash and its pesher subset that I began to appreciate what the NT writers were actually doing with OT texts.
Jesus the Anti-Christ? Jewish 'Messianic' Texts from a Christian Perspective James F. McGrath 2009
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