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Midrash Unbound: Transformations and Innovations

Midrash Unbound: Transformations and Innovations

Fishbane, Michael
Weinberg, Joanna

Paperback

Series: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Religion General Judaism

ISBN10: 1906764913
ISBN13: 9781906764913
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: Jun 14 2016
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

Midrash is arguably the most ancient genre of Jewish literature, forming a voluminous body of scriptural exegesis over the course of centuries. There is hardly anything in the ancient rabbinic universe that was not taught through this medium. The diversity and development of that creative profusion are presented here in a new light. The contributors cover a broad range of texts, from late antiquity to the modern period and from all the centres of literary creativity, including non-rabbinic and non-Jewish literature, so that the full extent of the modes and transformations of Midrash can be fully appreciated. A comprehensive introduction situates Midrash in its historical and cultural setting, pointing to creative adaptations within the tradition and providing a sense of the variety of genres and applications discussed in the body of the book.

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