Midrash and Legend: Historical Anecdotes in the Tannaitic Midrashim : : Historical Anecdotes in the Tannaitic Midrashim / / Joshua L. Moss.

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• VerfasserIn: Moss, Joshua L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Studies in Judaism
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This study applies form criticism to the stories of the earliest rabbinic midrashim. The results shed light on the literary personalities of the individual midrash collections and the relationships of transmission in the tradition. These stories are of particular interest from an inter-religious and comparative literary point of view because New Testament studies have often referred to certain narratives in the gospels as "midrashic." The author sets forth, in positive terms, an understanding of what functions historical anecdotes serve in the tannaitic midrashim, along with a catalogue of the rhetorical conventions used to fulfill those functions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Abstract -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Midrash and Legend: Historical Anecdotes in the Tannaitic Midrashim -- Historical Anecdotes in the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael -- Historical Anecdotes in the Mekhilta of Rabbi Simeon bar Yoḥai -- Historical Anecdotes in Sifra―Torat Kohanim -- Historical Anecdotes in Sifre Numbers -- Historical Anecdotes in Sifre Zuta -- Historical Anecdotes in Sifre Deuteronomy -- Summary of Data for the Tannaitic Midrashim -- Conclusions -- Appendix I. Historical Anecdotes in The Mishnah -- Appendix II. Historical Anecdotes in the Tosefta -- Appendix III. Historical Anecdotes in the Amoraic Midrashim -- Bibliography of Works Consulted -- Index