| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 288 pages.) |
| Series |
Texts and studies in ancient Judaism, 0721-8753 ; 166 |
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Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 166. 0721-8753
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| Contents |
Introduction. Genesis Rabbah, a great beginning / Sarit Kattan Gribetz, David M. Grossberg -- The major manuscripts of Genesis Rabbah / Michael Sokoloff -- Between narrative and polemic : the Sabbath in Genesis Rabbah and the Babylonian Talmud / Sarit Kattan Gribetz -- Genesis Rabbah's Enoch / Peter Schäfer -- Into the workshop of the homilist : a comparison of Genesis Rabbah 33:1 and Leviticus Rabbah 27:1 / Chaim Milikowsky -- Abraham and the messianism of Genesis Rabbah / Martha Himmelfarb -- The family of Abraham in Genesis Rabbah / Carol Bakhos -- Origen's Commentary on Genesis as a key to Genesis Rabbah / Maren Niehoff -- Stage Mothers : performing the matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah and Yannai / Laura Lieber -- Composition and transmission of the exegetical narrative in Genesis Rabbah / Joshua Levinson -- On plane trees and the Palatine hill : Rabbi Yishmael and the Samaritan in Genesis Rabbah and the later Palestinian Rabbinic tradition / David M. Grossberg -- Peshat in Genesis Rabbah / Martin Lockshin -- The final chapters of Genesis Rabbah / Marc Hirshman |
| Summary |
Genesis Rabbah, the earliest rabbinic commentary on the book of Genesis, was composed in Roman Palestine around the fifth century CE and continued to be studied throughout medieval and modern times. In this volume, an international team of scholars explores the literary formation and textual transmission of this work as well as the historical, cultural, religious, and political contexts in which it was composed. -- From back cover |
| Notes |
"This volume presents essays that emerged from an international conference about the late antique rabbinic commentary on Genesis, Genesis Rabbah, held at Princeton University in May 2013"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Midrash rabbah. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
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Midrash rabbah. Genesis. fast (OCoLC)fst01358188 |
| Subject |
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses
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Rabbinical literature.
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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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| Author |
Gribetz, Sarit Kattan, 1984- editor
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Grossberg, David M., 1965- editor.
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Himmelfarb, Martha, 1952- editor.
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Schäfer, Peter, 1943- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783161547034 |
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3161547039 |
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