The origins of midrash : from teaching to text / by Paul D. Mandel.
2017
BM514 .M36 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
The origins of midrash : from teaching to text / by Paul D. Mandel.
Imprint
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Description
xviii, 405 pages ; 25 cm.
Series
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 180.
Formatted Contents Note
Part 1. Darash and the Jewish leaders of the Second Temple period
The scribe (sofer) in the Second Temple period
Doresh ha-torah and midrash torah : Teaching and interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Pharisees : Exegetes of the laws
Part 2. Darash and the sages of the early rabbinic period
The rabbinic sage (ḥakham) and the bet midrash
Darash and midrash : The occupation of the ḥakham
From an age of instruction to an age of interpretation.
The scribe (sofer) in the Second Temple period
Doresh ha-torah and midrash torah : Teaching and interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Pharisees : Exegetes of the laws
Part 2. Darash and the sages of the early rabbinic period
The rabbinic sage (ḥakham) and the bet midrash
Darash and midrash : The occupation of the ḥakham
From an age of instruction to an age of interpretation.
Summary
In The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text of Midrash, Paul Mandel presents a comprehensive study of the words darash and midrash from the Bible until the early rabbinic periods (3rd century CE). In contrast to current understandings in which the words are identified with modes of analysis of the biblical text, Mandel claims that they refer to instruction in law and not to an interpretation of text. Mandel traces the use of these words as they are associated with the scribe (sofer), the doresh ha-torah in the Dead Sea scrolls, the exegetes of the laws in the writings of Josephus and the rabbinic sage (akham), showing the development of the uses of midrash as a form of instruction throughout these periods.
Note
In The Origins of Midrash: From Teaching to Text of Midrash, Paul Mandel presents a comprehensive study of the words darash and midrash from the Bible until the early rabbinic periods (3rd century CE). In contrast to current understandings in which the words are identified with modes of analysis of the biblical text, Mandel claims that they refer to instruction in law and not to an interpretation of text. Mandel traces the use of these words as they are associated with the scribe (sofer), the doresh ha-torah in the Dead Sea scrolls, the exegetes of the laws in the writings of Josephus and the rabbinic sage (akham), showing the development of the uses of midrash as a form of instruction throughout these periods.
Language Note
Text in English and Hebrew.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-351) and indexes.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Mandel, Paul D. 1953- Origins of midrash. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Call Number
BM514 .M36 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9789004153141 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004153144 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004336889 (e-book)
9004153144 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9789004336889 (e-book)
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