Torah is a Hidden Treasure : : Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature / / ed. by David W. Nelson, Rivka Ulmer.

The chapters in Torah is a Hidden Treasure pertain to authorship in Seder Eliyahu Rabba and Pirqe deRabi Eliezer, natural law and Israel's statutes, Masorah and midrash, as well as a definition of midrash. The Hebrew Bible and midrash is researched in the interpretation of Israelite tribes, the...

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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Judaism in Context ; 22
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Physical Description:1 online resource (193 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 'EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS BLESSING': THE INTERPRETATION OF REUBEN AND ISSACHAR IN GENESIS RABBAH
  • EXODUS RABBAH AND THE AGGADIC RESPONSE TO BIBLICAL LAW: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE COVENANT CODE
  • NATURAL LAW AND THE STATUTES OF ISRAEL: RABBINIC LEGAL DISCOURSE IN LEVITICUS RABBAH
  • TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEFINING FEATURES OF RABBINIC MIDRASH
  • AUTHORSHIP AND AUTHORITY: PATTERNS OF CHANGE IN SEDER ELIYAHU, PIRKE DE RABBI ELIEZER AND THE ALPHABET OF BEN SIRA IN THEIR GEONIC AND EARLY ISLAMICATE CONTEXTS
  • RETROSPECTION AS AN EXEGETICAL DEVISE IN RASHBAM'S TORAH COMMENTARY
  • A NECESSARY YOD: HOW MASORAH AND MIDRASH HELPED TO CLARIFY THE CANON