"It's better to hear the rebuke of the wise than the song of fools" (Qoh 7:5) : proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature, volume 6 / edited by W. David Nelson ; edited by Rivka Ulmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society of Biblical Literature. Midrash Section. Meeting (2012-2014)

Contributor:

Nelson, David W., editor.

Ulmer, Rivka, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Judaism in context ; volume 18.

Judaism in context ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Midrash--History and criticism--Congresses.

Midrash.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, N.J. : Gorgias Press, [2015]

Summary:

"This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2012-2014 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. It is comprised of contributions by leading and emerging scholars that share a common focus on Rabbinic biblical interpretation as it intersects with a range of biblical texts and associated fields of study, including: Jewish legal literature; Hellenistic Judaism; post-biblical interpretation; biblical commentary; liturgical studies; and, cultural studies. The contributions explore how the study of Midrash illuminates and informs an array of topics, such as: race and slavery in antiquity; myth and theology in biblical tradition; reason and rationalism in the Hebrew Bible; inner-biblical interpretation; and, literary and form analysis"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1463205600

9781463205607

OCLC:

918940817

Publisher Number:

99965441527