Sustain me with raisin-cakes : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism / by Rachel A. Anisfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anisfeld, Rachel A.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 133.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 133

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Pesikta de-Rav Kahana.

Midrash--History and criticism.

Midrash.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

History and literature come together in a new way in this study of the midrashic collection Pesikta deRav Kahana. The book combines the findings of rabbinic historians and early Christianity scholars with a close reading of this midrashic text on its own and in relation to the tannaitic midrashim which preceded it. The rich picture that emerges suggests that PRK, in its new homiletical and aggadic stance, develops a religious language more appealing and accessible to the masses, an outreach language meant to win rabbinic popularity. Exploring issues of power and rhetoric, the book also places PRK’s outreach language into the cultural context of the imperialism of Roman Christian homily.

Contents:

Introductions

Pesikta deRav Kahana (PRK) on its own

PRK in relation to what came before : Tannaitic comparisons

PRK in historical context.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2004 under title: Rabbinic preachers and their audiences in the Amoraic midrashim Pesikta derav Kahana and Leviticus rabbah.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-60303-5

9786612603037

90-474-4228-8

OCLC:

706512181

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004153226.i-220 DOI