| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Judaism in Context |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Rhapsody in Blue: The Origin of God's Footstool in the Aramaic Targumim and Midrashic Tradition / Adelman, Rachel -- 2. Biblical Text in Rabbinic Context: The Book of Chronicles in the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash / Kalimi, Isaac -- 3. Lessons for Historiographers: Managing the Dynamics of Indeterminacy in Song of Songs Rabbah / Lasair, Simon -- 4. The Rabbinic Knife: Why and How the Rabbis castrated Noah / Martin, Erica L. -- 5. The Oral Orthography of Mishnaic and Toseftan Interpolation / Nelson, W. David -- 6. Derashah as Performative Exegesis in Tosefta and Mishnah / Polen, Nehemia -- 7. Sarah Saw a Hunter: The Venatic Motif in genesis rabbah 53:11 / Rainbow, Jesse -- 8. Hyper-Sexualization in the bavli: An Initial Survey / Rosen-Zvi, Ishay |
| Summary |
Contained in this volume are the Proceedings of the Midrash session of the SBL's annual conferences in 2008 and 2009. This volume contains eight essays dealing with various aspects of rabbinic interpretation |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019) |
| Subject |
Midrash -- History and criticism -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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Midrash
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1463224338 |
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9781463224332 |
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