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Author Adelman, Rachel.

Title The return of the repressed : Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha / by Rachel Adelman.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 352 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 140
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 140.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction to Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer -- Genre, Author, Provenance, and Dating; Chapter One: Genre: Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer as Narrative Midrash; Chapter Two: The Author-ity of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer; Chapter Three: The Historical Context; Part II: the Personification of Evil; Chapter Four: The Problem of the Origin of Evil; Chapter Five: Adam, Eve and the Serpent -- the First Version of the Fall (PRE 13); Chapter Six: The Myth of the Fallen Angels; Part III: Myth and Praxis in Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer; Chapter Seven: Introduction to the Etiological Narratives in PRE.
Summary This study analyzes mythic narratives, found in the 8th century midrashic text Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), that were excluded, or a ~represseda (TM), from the rabbinic canon, while preserved in the Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple period. Examples include the role of the Samael (i.e. Satan) in the Garden of Eden, the myth of the Fallen Angels, Elijah as zealot, and Jonah as a Messianic figure. The questions are why these exegetical traditions were excluded, in what context did they resurface, and how did the author have access to these apocryphal texts. The book addresses the assumptions.
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Subject Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer.
Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer.
Bible. Genesis -- Commentaries.
Bible. Genesis.
Genre/Form Commentaries.
Subject Bible. Exodus -- Commentaries.
Bible. Exodus.
Bible.
Bible. Exodus.
Bible. Genesis.
Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer.
Pseudepigraphen.
Altes Testament.
Pirke dĕrabbi Elieser.
Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
Rabbinical literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Adelman, Rachel. Return of the repressed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004170490 (DLC) 2009030000 (OCoLC)427757214
ISBN 9789004180611 (electronic book)
9004180613 (electronic book)
9789004170490
9004170499