The Midrashic imagination : Jewish exegesis, thought, and history / edited by Michael Fishbane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fishbane, Michael, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History.

Bible.

Midrash--History and criticism.

Midrash.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative and original book examines the broad range of Jewish interpretation from antiquity through the medieval and renaissance periods. Its primary focus is on Midrash and midrashic creativity, including the entire range of nonlegal interpretations of the Bible. Considering Midrash as a literary and cultural form, the book explores aspects of classical Midrash from various angles including mythmaking and parables. The relationship between this exoteric mode and more esoteric forms in late antiquity is also examined. This work also focuses on some of the major genres of medieval biblical exegesis: plain sense, allegory, and mystical.

Contents:

Front Matter

Front Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table Of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Midrashic Henneneutics: Some Conceptual and Comparative Considerations

Midrash and the "Midrashic Condition": Preliminary Considerations

From Midrash to Mishnah: Theological Repercussions and Further Clarifications of "Chate'u Yisrael

Midrashic versus Other Forms of Jewish Hermeneutics: Some Comparative Reflections

Ancient Midrash:Myth, History, and Parable

The Holy One Sits and Roars": Mythopoesis and the Midrashic Imagination

The Rabbinic Parable andthe Narrative of Interpretation

Medieval Midrash and Exegis: The Many Ways of Peshat, Remez, and Sod

The Nature and Distribution of Medieval Compilatory Commentaries in the Light of Rabbi Joseph Kara's Commentary on the Book of Job. *

Maimonides on the Covenant of Circumcisionand the Unity of God*

Beautiful Maiden Without Eyes: Peshat and Sod in Zoharic Hermeneutics

Proverbs, Figures, and Riddles: The Dialogues of Love as a Hebrew Humanist Composition

Myth, Midrash, and Exemplumin Medieval Historiography

Can Medieval Storytelling Help Understanding Midrash? The. Story of Paltiel: A Preliminary Study on History and Midrash

History, Story and Collective Memory: Narrativity in Early Ashkenazic Culture

Sefer Yosippon: History and Midrash

Back Matter

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0287-2

0-585-05414-2

OCLC:

42855043