Midrash is the oldest known form of Bible interpretation. It was the means by which the early teachers of Judaism made the Bible intelligible to their congregants in the ancient synagogues of the Holy Land, and relevant to their daily lives. To the modern reader, however, their approach to the Bible appears to be haphazard, without any regard for its plain meaning as we understand it today. How then did the rabbis understand the Bible, and what did they perceive it to be? These, as well as other questions, are answered in the book.
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"In sum, when read for its learning and provocative thesis, Jacob's book opens and reopens topics of research in several areas of midrashic studies." Michael Fishbane, The Journal of Religion
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This book represents a systematic attempt to establish patterns and traditions of interpretation in early rabbinic Bible exegesis. It offers a fresh approach to the perennial problem of the rabbis' awareness of plain meaning, and of the significance which they attached to it, and makes a notable contribution to text analysis.
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exegetical motif, aggadic treatment, midrashic device, aggadic exposition, rabbinic exegetes, following proem, midrashic treatment, midrashic process, anonymous preacher, rabbinic aggadah, aggadic exegesis, early rabbinic exegesis, tannaitic source, tannaitic times, anonymous teacher, triennial cycle, early exegetes, talmudic times, midrashic commentary, lectionary cycle, early preachers, midrashic sources, combat myth, talmudic period, further verse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Genesis Rabbah, Exodus Rabbah, Midrash Ha-Gadol, Old Version, Leviticus Rabbah, Numbers Rabbah, Bava Batra, Canticles Rabbah, Holy Land, Midrash Psalms, Midrash Zutta, New York, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Ecclesiastes Rabbah, Golden Calf, Judah the Patriarch, Midrash Yelammedenu, Natan Version, New Testament, Angel of Death, Divine Presence, Eleazar of Modi'in, Enuma Elish, Genesis Apocryphon, New Midrash New!
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In the context of a scholarly study, the question, what is Midrash, may appear to be trivial, if not irrelevant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exegetical motif, aggadic treatment, midrashic device, aggadic exposition, rabbinic exegetes, following proem, midrashic treatment, midrashic process, anonymous preacher, rabbinic aggadah, aggadic exegesis, early rabbinic exegesis, tannaitic source, tannaitic times, anonymous teacher, triennial cycle, early exegetes, talmudic times, midrashic commentary, lectionary cycle, early preachers, midrashic sources, combat myth, talmudic period, further verse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Genesis Rabbah, Exodus Rabbah, Midrash Ha-Gadol, Old Version, Leviticus Rabbah, Numbers Rabbah, Bava Batra, Canticles Rabbah, Holy Land, Midrash Psalms, Midrash Zutta, New York, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Ecclesiastes Rabbah, Golden Calf, Judah the Patriarch, Midrash Yelammedenu, Natan Version, New Testament, Angel of Death, Divine Presence, Eleazar of Modi'in, Enuma Elish, Genesis Apocryphon, New Midrash New!
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- The Legends of the Jews: From Joshua to Esther (Volume 4) by Louis Ginzberg on 4 pages
- Book of Job by Tur-Sinai on page 156, page 164, and Back Matter
- Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament Volume II: Pseudepigrapha by R. H. Charles on page 149, and Back Matter
- Midrash and Literature on page 1, and Back Matter
- The Bible As Read and Preached in the Old Synagogue (The Library of Biblical studies) by Jacob Mann on page 80, and Back Matter
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- Bound by the Bible: Jews, Christians and the Sacrifice of Isaac by Edward Kessler in Back Matter
- Jewish Law and Identity: Academic Essays (Hermit Kingdom Studies in Christianity and Judaism) by Heerak Christian Kim on page 52
- The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously by Jacques Berlinerblau in Back Matter
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