10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDRASH»
Discover the use of
midrash in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
midrash and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to the Talmud and
Midrash
Gunter Stemberger and Markus Bockmuehl have now produced this updated edition, which is a significant revision (completed in 1996) of the 1991 volume.
Hermann Leberecht Strack, Markus N. A. Bockmuehl, 1992
2
Intertextuality and the Reading of
Midrash
Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from the early midrash on Exodus The Mekilta, Boyarin proposes a new theory of midrash that rests in part on an understanding of the heterogeneity of the biblical text and the ...
3
Parables in
Midrash: Narrative and Exegesis in Rabbinic ...
David Stern shows how the parable or mashal - the most distinctive type of narrative in midrash - was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it serves to convey the ideological convictions of the rabbis.
4
Midrash Tanḥuma: Genesis
Despite its importance and appeal, no version of Midrash Tanhuma has ever been translated into English. This volume is the first in a series which will bring the riches of the Buber edition to the English reader.
5
Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary ...
In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary theory.
6
A Theological Commentary to the
Midrash: Genesis Rabbah
II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III.
7
A Theological Commentary to the
Midrash: Ruth Rabbah and ...
II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III.
8
Current Trends in the Study of
Midrash
This important collection of essays by leading scholars of rabbinics reflects the current methodological approaches to the study of midrash.
9
Midrash and Multiplicity: Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer and the ...
Midrash and Multiplicity addresses the problems raised by this equivocal work, and uses Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer in order to assess the nature of midrash, and the renewal of Jewish interpretive culture, during its transition to the medieval ...
Steven Daniel Sacks, 2009
10
Jeremiah in Talmud and
Midrash: A Source Book
With extensive translation and documentation, Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash uses the case of Jeremiah in the Rabbinic canon of the formative age to examine the Rabbinic documents response to the prophetic ones in terms of how they select, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDRASH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
midrash is used in the context of the following news items.
Jewish Chilean artist Mauricio Avayu puts the Torah on canvas
His process involves reading the Torah, Midrash and Rashi several times – only then do the images start coming into his head, he says. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
To Understand our Loss — and Anticipate Redemption: Books For …
The Kleinman Edition Midrash Rabbah on Megillas Eichah: Share the Sages' profound insights on the Churban itself and on the events that led ... «Yeshiva World News, Jul 15»
Poem of the Week / Biblical carouse ends in murder
However, the Midrash (Cant. R. iii. 4) – which Heine (who converted to Christianity from Judaism in 1825) might have known – relates that ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
The Reform Movement's Shallow, Dangerous Mix of Religion and …
Incidentally, it's from Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13 which is Midrash, not commentary) it says, “Do not destroy my world, for if you do, there will be ... «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
The Parchment Burned but the Letters Ascended…
The Da'as Zekeinim, citing a Midrash, teaches that Moshe Rabeinu was instructed to place a copy of the sefer Torah with each tribe – twelve ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
Climate Change, an Overarching Approach
This human role of completing the creation begun by G d is clearly demonstrated in the Midrash Tanhuma's account of the encounter of Rabbi ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
Aussie first for Rabbah Landau
She has studied in various yeshivot and batei midrash in Jerusalem, as well as studying gender politics, law and psychoanalysis. Landau has ... «Australian Jewish News, Jul 15»
Shomrei Torah's Winning Formula
Two years later two more couples were hired. After four years, 60 young couples had moved in. Then, a Beit Midrash program was established. «Jewish Link of New Jersey, Jul 15»
What is Honeymoon Israel?
... Tel Aviv, climbing Masada and floating in the Dead Sea, according to Valley Beit Midrash, another organization that sponsors the excursions. «Newsmax, Jul 15»
An open letter to Women of the Wall
The Jewish beit midrash has always worked that way. But we must not let it be the way the Western Wall works. We must not let the Western ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
