Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash : a source book / Jacob Neusner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016

Series:

Studies in Judaism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jeremiah (Biblical prophet)--In rabbinical literature.

Jeremiah.

Jeremiah (Biblical prophet) in rabbinical literature.

Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Talmud.

Midrash.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

xx, 406 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2006]

Summary:

This sourcebook collects and classifies how Israelite Scripture was received and recast in the language community that produced the dual Torah of Judaism. It is well known that verses of prophecy figure as proof-texts in Rabbinic exegesis of scriptural narratives, but to what end, and with what larger concept in mind? With extensive translation and documentation, author Jacob Neusner uses the case of Jeremiah in the Rabbinic canon of the formative age to examine the Rabbinic document's response to the prophetic ones in terms of how they select, explain, and utilize the language of Scripture. The book also explores how one particular kind of ancient Israelite Scripture, the prophetic books, found a place in the new language community formed by the Rabbinic sages and documented in their canon from the Mishnah (ca. 200 C.E.), through the Talmud of Babylonia, a.k.a. the Bavli (ca. 600 C. E.).

Contents:

1 Jeremiah in the Mishnah, Tractate Abot, and the Tosefta 1

2 Jeremiah in Sifra, the two Sifres and Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael 13

3 Jeremiah in the Yerushalmi 61

4 Jeremiah in Genesis Rabbah, Leviticus Rabbi, and Pesiqta deRab Kahana 101

5 Jeremiah in Esther Rabbah I, Ruth Rabbah, Song of Songs Rabbah, and Abot deRabbi Natan 193

6 Jeremiah in Lamentations Rabbah 219

7 Jeremiah in the Bavli 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761834877

OCLC:

70055055

Publisher Number:

9780761834878 (pbk. : alk. paper)