From Creation to Redemption: Progressive Approaches to Midrash : : Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature, Volume 7 / / ed. by W. David Nelson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Erzberger, Johanna,; Farber, Zev,; Hass, Matthew,; Jacobs, Jonathan,; Lindbeck, Kristen,; Schaser, Nicholas J.,; Teugels, Lieve M.,; Woolstenhulme, Katie J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Nelson, W. David,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Judaism in Context
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Pseudo-Philo and the Pharisees: A Look at the Prehistory of Rabbinic Judaism --; Weeping at the Aqedah --; The Aqedah in the Bavli: An Analysis of Sanhedrin 89b --; 'Scripture Interprets Itself' in Rashbam's Torah Commentary --; "At that Time Jerusalem shall be Called the Throne of the Lord" (Jer 3:17): Israel and the Nations in Genesis Rabbah 5, Leviticus Rabbah 10, and Pesiqta de-Rab Kahana 20 --; Midrash and Metalepsis in Genesis Rabbah: A Reappraisal of Rabbinic Atomism --; Leah: The "Lost Matriarch" in Genesis Rabbah --; The Contradictory Philosophical Lessons of the Parable of the Lame and the Blind Guards in Various Rabbinic Midrashim
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463238902; 9783110663013
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463238902
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by W. David Nelson.

This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2015-2016 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. It is comprised of contributions by both leading and emerging scholars of Midrash whose research shares a common focus on early and medieval rabbinic biblical interpretation. Additionally, the research on Midrash in this volume intersects with a range of related biblical texts, religious themes, and foundational and forward-thinking methodologies and interdisciplinary academic fields of study, including: Gender Studies; Classics; Jewish Studies; Religious Studies; Literary Studies; the Aqedah/Binding of Isaac; biblical parables; and, medieval rabbinic biblical commentary.