Among the medieval Jews, there was an interpretive tradition called the
Tosafat in which successive generations of Jewish scholars commentate on
verses and older commentaries. A page of a Tosafat book is made up of a
single verse of the holy texts in a box; on its right is the commentary
of an ancient learned Rabbi, and on the left is the Tosafist commentary
on the verse and more commentary on the older Rabbi’s commentary. The
Tosafat is an/exegetical/tradition where/exegesis/means the critical
interpretation and explanation of a text.
Such an interpretive tradition can be good and necessary. Ancient holy
texts may remain static, but the reading of these texts constantly
changes. These texts are constantly reinterpreted and re-contextualized
for new times and new generations, and older commentary is built upon
and expanded.
In Marxism, there seems to be a similar Tosafist-esque exegetical
tradition that interprets and re-contextualizes the classical texts for
new times and new generations. However, while interpretations and
re-contextualizations will always be necessary, this is not
theoretical/development/of Marxism as a scientific tradition, but rather
as an interpretive one.
https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/04/the-question-of-a-stagnant-marxism-is-marxism-exegetical-or-scientific/
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