How did the Jews understand the Bible? What is the difference in the way between a traditional rabbi interpret a grammarian, a philosopher or a Kabbalist? To what extent Jewish exegesis contributes to better understand the meaning of the biblical text?

The Bible is the most significant contribution of the Jewish people-the people of the Bible to Western culture. Their study has always occupied a special place in the intellectual activity of the Jews, who developed, since ancient times, a complex system of rules to help unravel the deep meaning of the sacred texts. The Jews of al-Andalus, from the tenth century, a special deepening should be on how to study the Bible, opening new avenues for interpretation.

This book is especially dedicated to offering a panoramic view, supported by numerous texts translated for the first time from Hebrew, about the history of the Jewish interpretation of the Bible in the Middle Ages, and very particular way andalusíes land, until the expulsion of 1492. a person really interested in the Bible can hardly do without what the most brilliant thinkers of medieval Judaism have said about it. Non-Jewish readers, meanwhile, will find this book about how to read and understand the Bible, the Jews and what differences exist between the Jewish and Christian interpretation of the same passages.