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1 online resource (vii, 164 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme ;
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Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 17.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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: Expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia tries to explain this phenomenon by carefully examining representative passages from a variety of methodological approaches, paying particular attention to comparisons with Midrash composed in the Land of Israel. Based on this investigation, Eliezer Segal argues that the Babylonian sages were utilising discourses that had originated in Israel as rhetorical sermons in which biblical interpretation was being employed in an imaginative, literary manner, usually based on the interplay between two or more texts from different books of the Bible.; Because they did not possess their own tradition of homiletical preaching, the Babylonian rabbis interpreted these comments without regard for their rhetorical conventions, as if they were exegetical commentaries, resulting in the distinctive, puzzling character of Babylonian Midrash. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Midrash -- History and criticism.
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Midrash. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. juives. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Talmud. |
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Aggada -- History and criticism.
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Aggada. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Segal, Eliezer. From sermon to commentary. Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des Sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005 0889204829 (OCoLC)57751620 |
| ISBN |
1423743032 (electronic book) |
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9781423743033 (electronic book) |
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0889204829 |
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9780889204829 |
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1280280891 |
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9781280280894 |
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9780889209114 |
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0889209111 |
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