The return of the repressed : Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha /

This study analyzes mythic narratives, found in the 8th century midrashic text Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), that were excluded, or 'repressed', from the rabbinic canon, while preserved in the Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple period. Examples include the role of the Samael (i.e. Satan)...

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Main Author: Adelman, Rachel.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 140.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

Subjects:

Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer.

Bible. > O.T. > Genesis > Commentaries.

Bible. > O.T. > Exodus > Commentaries.

Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.