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From sermon to commentary : expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia / Eliezer Segal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Segal, Eliezer.
- Series:
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 17.
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Etudes sur le christianisme et le judaisme ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aggada--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Aggada.
- Midrash--History and criticism.
- Midrash.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Bible has always been vital to Jewish religious life, and it has been expounded in diverse ways. Perhaps the most influential body of Jewish biblical interpretation is the Midrash that was produced by expositors during the first five centuries CE. Many such teachings are collected in the Babylonian Talmud, the monumental compendium of Jewish law and lore that was accepted as the definitive statement of Jewish oral tradition for subsequent generations. However, many of the Talmud's interpretations of biblical passages appear bizarre or pointless. From Sermon to Commentary: E
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Aggadic Midrash in Babylonia; 1 A Chamber on the Wall; 2 A Holy Man of God; 3 Two Faces; 4 Daughters of Zion; 5 Cave of Machpelah; 6 Amraphel and Nimrod; 7 A New King; 8 The Fish; 9 Sevenfold; 10 "From India Even unto Ethiopia"; 11 Ahasuerus, a Clever King or a Stupid King?; 12 "The Court of the Garden..."; 13 Treasure Cities; 14 Pithom and Raamses; 15 Shiphrah and Puah; 16 Coats of Skins; 17 To Do His Business; 18 Orpah and Harafah; 19 Shobach and Shophach; 20 Elishah and the Children; 21 Staff or Goblet; 22 King and Commoner; 23 Ezekiel's Cry
- 24 Mahlon and Chilion25 His Eldest Son; 26 Achan and Zimri; 27 Ham and Noah; 28 Sennacherib, Clever or Stupid?; 29 Copper Precious as Gold; 30 Non-Babylonian Examples; Conclusions; Works Cited; Indexes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786610280896
- 9781280280894
- 1280280891
- 9780889209114
- 0889209111
- 9781423743033
- 1423743032
- OCLC:
- 753479591
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