From sermon to commentary : expounding the Bible in Talmudic Babylonia /
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 Babylon...
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Published for the Canadian Corp. for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des Sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
2005.
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| ISBN: | 1423743032 9781423743033 9780889209114 0889209111 |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Aggadic Midrash in Babylonia; 1 A Chamber on the Wall; 2 A Holy Man of God; 3 Two Faces; 4 Daughters of Zion; 5 Cave of Machpelah; 6 Amraphel and Nimrod; 7 A New King; 8 The Fish; 9 Sevenfold; 10 "From India Even unto Ethiopia"; 11 Ahasuerus, a Clever King or a Stupid King?; 12 "The Court of the Garden ... "; 13 Treasure Cities; 14 Pithom and Raamses; 15 Shiphrah and Puah; 16 Coats of Skins; 17 To Do His Business; 18 Orpah and Harafah; 19 Shobach and Shophach; 20 Elishah and the Children; 21 Staff or Goblet; 22 King and Commoner; 23 Ezekiel's Cry
- 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