Aggadat Bereshit : translated from the Hebrew with an introduction and notes / Lieve M. Teugels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teugels, Lieve M., author.

Contributor:

Teugels, Lieve M.

Series:

Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 4.

Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series; 4

Standardized Title:

Aggadat Bereshit. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis--Sermons--Early works to 1800.

Bible. Genesis.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2001.

Summary:

Aggadat Bereshit is a homiletic Midrash on the Book of Genesis written in Hebrew, about the 10th century CE. It has a unique threefold structure, dividing the chapters or homilies according to the three parts of Tenakh : Torah (Genesis), Prophets and Writings. It contains interesting material, some unparalleled in rabbinic literature, such as an anti-Christian interpretation of Genesis 22. Besides being the first translation, this volume presents some variants from manuscripts unknown by its last editor (S. Buber, Krakow 1903). This English translation will be welcomed in the world of Jewish and Biblical Studies, academics as well as lay-persons with lesser knowledge of rabbinic Hebrew. The extensive introduction gives an up-to-date overview of the questions as to text, contents, structure, dating and provenance of this hitherto neglected Midrash.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Lieve M. Teugels

Torah / Lieve M. Teugels

The Introductory Chapter of Aggadat Beres hit As Found in Ms. Oxford 2340 / Lieve M. Teugels

Ms. T-S Misc 36.121 / Lieve M. Teugels

Bibliography / Lieve M. Teugels

Index of Subjects / Lieve M. Teugels

Index of Literary Sources / Lieve M. Teugels

Jewish and Christian Perspective Series / Lieve M. Teugels.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-42141-6

9789004421417

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004421417 DOI