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Society of Biblical Literature. Midrash Section (2008 : Boston, Mass.)
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Title Midrash and the exegetical mind : proceedings of the 2008 and 2009 SBL Midrash sessions / edited by Lieve Teugels, Rivka Ulmer.
Contributors Teugels, Lieve M.
Ulmer, Rivka
Society of Biblical Literature. Midrash Section (2009 : New Orleans, La.)
Publisher Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press
Creation Date 2010
Notes Includes bibliographical references.
Content Introduction -- 1. Rhapsody in blue: the origin of God's footstool in the Aramaic targumim and midrashic tradition / Rachel Adelman -- 2. Biblical text in rabbinic context: the Book of Chronichles in the Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash / Isaac Kalimi -- 3. Lessons for historiographers: managing the dynamics of indeterminacy in Song of Songs Rabbah / Simon Lasair -- 4. The rabbinic knife: why and how the rabbis castrated Noah / Erica L. Martin -- 5. The oral orthography of mishnaic and toseftan interpolation / W. David Nelson -- 6. Derashah as performative exegesis in Tosefta and Mishnah / Nehemia Polen -- 7. Sarah saw a hunter: the ventic motif in genesis rabbah 53:11 / Jesse Rainbow -- 8. Hyper-sexualization in the bavli: an initial survey / Ishay Rosen-Zvi.
Series Judaism in context, 1935-6978
10
Extent v, 205 pages
24 cm.
Language English
National Library system number 990031537290205171

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