Author: Lieve M. Teugels
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
ISBN: 9789042914261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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This two-part book traces the literary and historic study of the story of the 'Wooing of Rebekah' in the Hebrew Bible and its creative interpretations in Rabbinic Midrash. Part 1 treats such issues as the characterization of the narrative agents in the biblical story, the use of repetition as a narrative structuring device, and the question as to the roles of Rebekah and Isaac in this story as well as in the broader Isaac-Rebekah narratives. Part 2 follows several rabbinic interpretations of this story, dealing with, among other topics, the development of the motif of Rebekah's virginity in rabbinic aggadah and halakha as well as the reception of this theme in modern feminist studies of midrash. While treating these topics, this is at the same time a methodological inquiry into the dynamics of midrashic interpretation, treating rabbinic techniques such as 'gap-filling' and 'linkage', and its differences from modern biblical exegesis.
Author: Wilda C. Gafney
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611648122
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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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: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Publisher: Paraclete Press
ISBN: 1612614442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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The ancient rabbis believed that the Torah was divinely revealed and therefore contained eternal truths and multitudinous hidden meanings. Not a single word was considered haphazard or inconsequential. This understanding of how Scripture mystically relates to all of life is the fertile ground from which the Midrash emerged. Here Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso explores how Midrash originated and how it is still practiced today, and offers new translations and interpretations of twenty essential, classic midrashic texts. You will never read the Bible the same way again!
Author: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN: 9781557254788
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Explorations of how midrash originated and how it is still used today are presented in a study that offers new translations and interpretations of more than twenty midrash texts.
Author: Jerry Rabow
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0827611803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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The Lost Matriarch offers a unique response to the sparse and puzzling biblical treatment of the matriarch Leah. Although Leah is a major figure in the book of Genesis, the biblical text allows her only a single word of physical description and two lines of direct dialogue. The Bible tells us little about the effects of her lifelong struggles in an apparently loveless marriage to Jacob, the husband she shares with three other wives, including her beautiful younger sister, Rachel. Fortunately, two thousand years of traditional and modern commentators have produced many fascinating interpretations (midrash) that reveal the far richer story of Leah hidden within the text. Through Jerry Rabow’s weaving of biblical text and midrash, readers learn the lessons of the remarkable Leah, who triumphed over adversity and hardship by living a life of moral heroism. The Lost Matriarch reveals Leah’s full story and invites readers into the delightful, provocative world of creative rabbinic and literary commentary. By experiencing these midrashic insights and techniques for reading “between the lines,” readers are introduced to what for many will be an exciting new method of personal Bible interpretation.
Author: James L. Kugel
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674069411
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Leading us chapter by chapter through the Hebrew Bible’s most important stories—from the Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and the journey to the Promised Land—Kugel shows how a group of anonymous ancient interpreters radically transformed the Bible and made it into the book that has come down to us today.
Author: Hermann Leberecht Strack
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451409147
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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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: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780876688144
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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An introduction to the seven Midrash compilations with a lucid account of their main points. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author: Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9783110194593
Category : Talmud Yerushalmi
Languages : iw
Pages : 792
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Author: Yael Fisch
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004511598
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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This volume is a study in ancient scriptural hermeneutics, that promotes new ways to think about Paul’s interpretation of scripture and rabbinic midrash together and for the benefit of both. It analyses exegetical techniques that both Paul and the Tannaim use and opens new perspectives on how they conceive of scripture and its ideal readers.
