The return of the repressed : Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha / / by Rachel Adelman.

This study analyzes mythic narratives, found in the 8th century midrashic text Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), that were excluded, or ‘repressed’, from the rabbinic canon, while preserved in the Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple period. Examples include the role of the Samael (i.e. Satan) in the Gar...

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, v. 140
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 140.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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