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Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael : a critical edition, based on the manuscripts and early editions / with an English translation, introduction, and notes by Jacob Z. Lauterbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New Adult Titles
- Standardized Title:
- Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael. English.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Exodus--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.
- Bible.
- Judaism--Liturgy--Commentaries.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1171 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael" is a classic collection of midrash. It contains commentary on a large part of the Book of Exodus (chapters 12 to 23) and represents the two main modes of interpretation: the halakhah (legal doctrine), and the aggadah (moral and religious teachings). The work also contains allusions to historical events and ancient legends not found elsewhere. A new introduction by noted scholar David Stern highlights the work, now published in a convenient two-volume set. It retains the original text from the JPS 1933 edition, reset in a modern, readable typeface, with Hebrew and English on facing pages and the original indexes. This classic work is widely recognized as a model of meticulous and thorough scholarship. Its translation is accurate, straightforward, and usable by scholars, students, and lay readers. Out of print for many years, it will be heralded as an important reissue that should belong to every rabbi, rabbinical school, and Jewish Studies professor, and will be an important addition to synagogue libraries and public libraries with Judaica collections.
- Contents:
- Volume I
- Tractate Pisha
- Tractate Beshallah
- Tractate Shirata
- Tractate Vayassa
- Volume II
- Tractate Amalek
- Tractate Bahodesh
- Tractate Nezikin
- Tractate Kaspa
- Tractate Shabbata.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1933-1935.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-8276-1003-3
- OCLC:
- 793585625
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