Midrash and the Exegetical Mind: Proceedings of the 2008 and 2009 SBL Midrash Sessions

Published by Gorgias Press 2010

Midrash and the Exegetical Mind

Proceedings of the 2008 and 2009 SBL Midrash Sessions

In the series Judaism in Context

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463224332

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1. Rhapsody in Blue: The Origin of God’s Footstool in the Aramaic Targumim and Midrashic Tradition Rachel Adelman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Biblical Text in Rabbinic Context: The Book of Chronicles in the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash Isaac Kalimi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
3. Lessons for Historiographers: Managing the Dynamics of Indeterminacy in Song of Songs Rabbah Simon Lasair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. The Rabbinic Knife: Why and How the Rabbis castrated Noah Erica L. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5. The Oral Orthography of Mishnaic and Toseftan Interpolation W. David Nelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. Derashah as Performative Exegesis in Tosefta and Mishnah Nehemia Polen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
7. Sarah Saw a Hunter: The Venatic Motif in genesis rabbah 53:11 Jesse Rainbow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
8. Hyper-Sexualization in the bavli: An Initial Survey Ishay Rosen-Zvi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Pages
- Main content: 217

eBook

Published: November 16, 2010
ISBN: 9781463224332