Neusner, Jacob: A Midrash Reader

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Neusner, Jacob : A Midrash Reader

Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.

8vo. 176 pp., Very Good+, Trade Paperback with some staining on top edge of text block.

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(Jt) Neusner, Jacob : A MIDRASH READER

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1990

Softbound. 8vo. VI, 176 pages. 22 cm. First edition. Contents: Our reasons: why study midrash at all? - Their reasons: when, where, and why did the Judaic sages make midrash? - Paraphrase and the text of Scripture: the amplification of Scripture in the context of the Torah. Prologue: amplifying Scripture; Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy: applying the Torah to the everyday world; Sifra: the issue of the relationship of Scripture's categories to our categories; Mekhilta attributed to R. Ishmael: the issue of amplifying Scripture by assembling and systematically setting forth its information - Prophecy and the context of Scripture: the clarification of Scripture in the light of the future. Prologue: seeing the past as future history; Genesis Rabbah: the rules of history set forth by revelation; Leviticus rabbah: the rules of society set forth by revelation; Pesiqta deRab Kahana: the rules of the holy way of life set forth by revelation - Parable and the matrix of Scripture: the recapitulation of Scripture in the here and now. Prologue: the everyday as recapitulation of Scripture, Scripture as the matrix for the everyday; Song of Songs Rabbah: God's love for us. Subjects: Midrash - Translations into English. Clean and fresh. Very good condition. (NEUSNER-2-36)

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