Author : Simi Peters
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN :
Presenting a systematic approach to the study of midrash, each of the readings presented in this book attempts to reconstruct the reasoning behind midrashic commentary on biblical narrative. The goal of the book is to convey a sensitivity to the language and meanings of the Tanakh, and to develop a reverent appreciation for the language and teachings of the Jewish sages.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780876688144
An introduction to the seven Midrash compilations with a lucid account of their main points. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Hermann Leberecht Strack
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release :
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451409147
Gunter Stemberger's revision of H. L. Strack's classic introduction to rabbinic literature, which appeared in its first English edition in 1991, was widely acclaimed. Gunter Stemberger and Markus Bockmuehl have now produced this updated edition, which is a significant revision (completed in 1996) of the 1991 volume. Following Strack's original outline, Stemberger discusses first the historical framework, the basic principles of rabbinic literature and hermeneutics and the most important Rabbis. The main part of the book is devoted to the Talmudic and Midrashic literature in the light of contemporary rabbinic research. The appendix includes a new section on electronic resources for the study of the Talmud and Midrash. The result is a comprehensive work of reference that no student of rabbinics can afford to be without.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1498200834
This book introduces Midrash both in general and through many examples of the kinds of Midrash that flourished among ancient Judaism. Neusner, as a preeminent authority on the subject, lays special emphasis upon the exegesis of Scripture produced by the Judaism of the dual Torah, oral and written.
Author : Wilda C. Gafney
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611648122
Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures. Using her own translations, Gafney offers a midrashic interpretation of the biblical text that is rooted in the African American preaching tradition to tell the stories of a variety of female characters, many of whom are often overlooked and nameless. Gafney employs a solid understanding of womanist and feminist approaches to biblical interpretation and the sociohistorical culture of the ancient Near East. This unique and imaginative work is grounded in serious scholarship and will expand conversations about feminist and womanist biblical interpretation.
Author : David Stern
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674654488
David Stern shows how the parable or mashal--the most distinctive type of narrative in midrash--was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it serves to convey the ideological convictions of the rabbis. He describes its relation to similar tales in other literatures, including the parables of Jesus in the New Testament and kabbalistic parables. Through its innovative approach to midrash, this study reaches beyond its particular subject, and will appeal to all readers interested in narrative and religion.
Author : Laura Duhan-Kaplan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725259052
The Hebrew Bible is filled with animals. Snakes and ravens share meals with people; donkeys and sheep work alongside us; eagles and lions inspire us; locusts warn us. How should we read their stories? What can they teach us about ecology, spirituality, and ethics? Author Laura Duhan-Kaplan explores these questions, weaving together biology, Kabbalah, rabbinic midrash, Indigenous wisdom, modern literary methods, and personal experiences. She re-imagines Jacob’s sheep as family, Balaam’s donkey as a spiritual director, Eve’s snake as a misguided helper. Finally, Rabbi Laura invites metaphorical eagles, locusts, and mother bears to help us see anew, confront human violence, and raise children who live peacefully on the land.
Author : Barbara Diamond Goldin
Publisher : Jason Aronson Incorporated
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780876688373
Presents stories of heroic individuals from the Talmud and Midrash.
Author : Paul D. Mandel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2017-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004336885
In The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text, Paul Mandel presents a comprehensive study of the words darash and midrash from the Bible until the early rabbinic periods (3rd century CE). In contrast to current understandings in which the words are identified with modes of analysis of the biblical text, Mandel claims that they refer to instruction in law and not to an interpretation of text. Mandel traces the use of these words as they are associated with the scribe (sofer), the doresh ha-torah in the Dead Sea scrolls, the “exegetes of the laws” in the writings of Josephus and the rabbinic “sage” (ḥakham), showing the development of the uses of midrash as a form of instruction throughout these periods.
Author : Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Talmud Yerushalmi
ISBN : 9783110411652
