Sustain me with raisin-cakes : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism /

Sustain me with raisin-cakes : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism /

History and literature come together in a new way in this study of the midrashic collection Pesikta deRav Kahana. The book combines the findings of rabbinic historians and early Christianity scholars with a close reading of this midrashic text on its own and in relation to the tannaitic midrashim wh...

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Main Author: Anisfeld, Rachel A.

Format: eBook

Language: Multiple
English
Hebrew
Aramaic

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 133.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004222724.

Subjects:

Haggada.
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana.
Judentum.
Midrasch.
Rabbinismus.
Midrash > History and criticism.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: BM517.P36 A55 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Chapter One. General introduction /
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  • Chapter Two. Methodological introduction: On the self-referential reading of Prk texts /
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  • Chapter Three. The forms of Prk's preaching: Exegesis turned homiletical /
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  • Chapter Four. Prk's thematic concerns: A theology of intimacy, humility and indulgence /
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  • Chapter Five. From exegesis to homily: Stylistic comparisons /
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  • Chapter Six. From honor to intimacy: Thematic comparisons /
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  • Chapter Seven. The social and institutional context: The changing world of late Antiquity /
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  • Chapter Eight. The rhetorical context: Contemporary christian homily /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Appendix /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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