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SUNY Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
Michael Fishbane, Robert Goldenberg, and Arthur Green, Editors
The Footprints of God
Divine Accommodation in Jewish and Christian Thought
Stephen D. Benin
State University of New York Press
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1993 State University of New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Benin, Stephen D., 1947 The Footprints of God: divine accommodation in Jewish and Christian thought/Stephen D. Benin. p. cm.(SUNY series in Judaica) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-0711-X (alk. paper).ISBN 0-7914-0712-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. BibleHermeneuticsComparative studies. 2. Accommodation (Hermeneutics)Comparative studies. 3. Bible. O.T.Criticism, interpretation, etc., JewishHistory. 4. BibleCriticism, interpretation, etc.History. I. Title. II. Title: Divine accommodation in Jewish and Christian thought. III. Series. BS476. B445 1993 231.7dc2090-44127
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Dedicated to the memory of my parents Ely and Helen Benin
Deitas, plate 3 in Cesare Ripa Baroque and Rococo Pictorial Imagery from the 1758-60 Hertel edition edited by Edward A. Maser. Courtesy of Dover Publications, Inc.
Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
xiii
Chapter One. They Walked by Day as in Darkness
1
Chapter Two. As Infants and Children
31
Chapter Three. Bread and Milk
75
Chapter Four. The Times May Change but not the Faith
93
Chapter Five. The King's Son
127
Chapter Six. A Wise and Understanding People
139
Chapter Seven. The School of the Holy Spirit
177
Chapter Eight. Confronting True and False Gods
199
Conclusion
209
List of Abbreviations
213
Notes
217
Bibliography
283
Index
317
Index of Biblical Citations
325
Page ix
Preface
The completion of this book provides the opportunity to acknowledge and thank so many who have helped in its preparation. This book began during a conversation one afternoon with Amos Funkenstein, who, after inquiring if I could read German and Greek, handed me a copy of one of his articles, and asked me if the few pages and footnotes he suggested I read reminded me of anything. When I told him that the material which referred to some writings of Gregory of Nazianzus brought to mind Maimonides' explanation of sacrifice in Part Three of his
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