Sing and Rejoice, O daughter of Zion (Zechariah 2:14) : Studies in Pesiqta Rabbati /

Sing and Rejoice, O daughter of Zion (Zechariah 2:14) : Studies in Pesiqta Rabbati /

Pesiqta Rabbati is a midrashic collection of homilies derived from the Hebrew bible related to Jewish observance of festivals, fast days, and special Sabbaths. The book underscores the importance and purpose of Pesiqta Rabbati: to explain the centrality of midrash in the life, culture, and ethnicity...

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Main Author: Ulmer, Rivka (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism ; 80.

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Jewish Studies.

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Call Number: BM1 .J445

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1 The Rabbinic Work Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 The Structure of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 The Text Gestalt of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 2 The Integrative Meta-Narrative in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 3 Internal and External Constraints
  • 4 Text-Linguistic Analysis
  • 5 Form Analysis: Problems in the Texts and Linguistic Gap-Filling
  • 6 The System as a Whole: A Global Theory of Pesiqta Rabbati Homilies
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 2 A Comparison of Pesiqta Rabbati 29/30, Naḥamu, and Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana 16, Naḥamu, based on Two Manuscripts from Parma
  • 1 The Location of the Naḥamu Homily in MS Parma 3254
  • 3 Pesiqta Rabbati : Text Types and Small Literary Forms in a Rabbinic Homily
  • 1 The Rabbinic Homily
  • 2 A Mashal in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 3 A Global Theory of the Narrative ( Aggadah ) in Rabbinic Homilies
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 4 Pesiqta Rabbati : Redaction and Canonization
  • Part 2 Religious Themes
  • 5 Midrashic Apocalypticism in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 Previous Scholarship on the Apocalypse in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 2 Midrash and Apocalypse
  • 3 The Religious Context of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 4 The Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple
  • 5 Conclusion
  • 6 The Midrashim for Ḥanukkah: Survey and Sample Analysis
  • 7 The Messiah in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 Conclusion
  • 8 Pesiqta Rabbati and The Revelation to John : The Culture of Apocalypticism
  • 1 Apocalyptic Thought as a Shared Cultural Expression of First-Century Jews and Christians
  • 2 Apocalypses Available to Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 3 The Apocalypse in the Book of Revelation
  • 4 Shared Characteristic of Apocalyptic Tropes in Pesiqta Rabbati and The Revelation to John
  • 5 The Progression of the Apocalypse
  • 6 The Apocalyptic Messiah in Pesiqta Rabbati and in The Revelation to John
  • 7 The Destruction of Jerusalem, the Evil Forces, and the Demise of the Beast or Satan
  • 8 The New Jerusalem and the "Pearly Gate"
  • 9 Conclusion
  • Part 3 Psalms and Prophets
  • 9 Psalm 22 in Pesiqta Rabbati : The Suffering of the Jewish Messiah Ephraim and the Suffering of the Christian Messiah
  • 1 Psalm 22 in the Hebrew Bible
  • 2 Second Temple Period
  • 3 Christian Texts and Tannaitic Literature
  • 4 Animal Imagery in Psalm 22
  • 5 Psalm 22 ( LXX Ψ 21) and the Crucifixion of Jesus
  • 6 Additional Significant Lemmata from Psalm 22 in New Testament and Rabbinic Interpretations
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 10 Isaiah in Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana and Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 Pesiqta Rabbati and Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana as Identifiable Rabbinic Works
  • 2 A Description of Homiletic Midrash in which Isaiah Quotations Appear
  • 3 The Liturgical Calendar as Reflected in the Homilies and Their Religious Messages
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Part 4 History and Midrash
  • 11 Pesiqta Rabbati in Eleventh-Century France
  • 1 Citations of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 2 Additional Homilies
  • 3 Methodology: Borderlands Theory
  • 4 Narbonne as a Center of Jewish Scholarly Activity in the Eleventh Century
  • 5 Quotations from Pesiqta Rabbati in Bereshit Rabbati
  • 6 Conclusion
  • 12 The Jerusalem Temple in Pesiqta Rabbati : From Creation to Apocalypse
  • 1 The Integrative Meta-Narrative of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 2 Creation and the Temple
  • 3 The Site of the Temple and Its Construction
  • 4 The Temple Dedications
  • 5 The Temple Service, the Direction of Prayer, and Liturgical Aspects
  • 6 The Destruction of the Temple
  • 7 Julian the Apostate's Attempt to Rebuild the Jerusalem Temple
  • 8 The Mourners of Zion, the Request to Rebuild the Temple, and the Time of Redemption
  • 9 The Western Wall, the Roof of the Temple, and the Temple of the Future
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 13 Inscribing History in Midrash: The Campaign of Sennacherib
  • 1 Methods
  • 2 Hezekiah's and Sennacherib's Preparations for the Siege of Jerusalem
  • 3 Hezekiah's Prayer
  • 4 The Instrumentality of an Angel in the Defeat of Sennacherib
  • 5 Hezekiah and Isaiah
  • 6 The Assyrian Exile and the Ten Tribes
  • 7 Sennacherib's Escape
  • 8 Conclusion
  • 14 Ancient Egypt and Roman Palestine: A Dialectical Relationship between History and Homiletic Midrash
  • 1 Theories and Methodological Considerations
  • 2 Historical Elements related to the Land of Israel
  • 3 The Time Cycle
  • 4 Conclusion
  • Part 5 Midrashic Theories
  • 15 Pesiqta Rabbati as Mentioned by Leopold Zunz
  • 1 Education and Spiritual Growth
  • 2 The History of Culture
  • 3 Criticism of Zunz
  • 4 The Bible and Interpretation
  • 5 The Lasting Impact of Zunz
  • 16 The Boundaries of Midrash
  • 1 The Chain of Tradition
  • 2 Midrashic Works
  • 3 Theological Concerns
  • 4 Sociological Considerations
  • 5 Midrash as a Distinctly Rabbinic Approach to the Bible
  • 6 Playfulness: Midrash as a Game
  • 7 Limited Rules of Interpretation
  • 8 Semiotic Underpinnings of Midrash
  • 9 The Absence of Theoretically Framed Evaluation Procedures
  • 10 Conclusion
  • Part 6 Hebrew Manuscripts
  • 17 Rabbinic Texts: Moving from a Synoptic to a Critical Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 18 Some Questions in Respect to the Editing of Hebrew Manuscripts
  • Appendix
  • 19 Manuscript Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 Origins in the Land of Israel
  • 2 The Textual Identity of Pesiqta Rabbati in the Middle Ages
  • 3 The Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 4 Pesiqta Rabbati Textual Witnesses
  • 5 A Text-Linguistic Analysis and Literary Criticism of the Rabbinic Homily Applied to the Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 6 A Comparative List of Pesiqta Rabbati Homilies
  • 7 The Cairo Genizah Fragments in the Context of Other Textual Witnesses
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Part 7 Legal Texts
  • 20 The Halakhic Part of the Yelammedenu in Pesiqta Rabbati
  • 1 The Relationship between the Yelammedenu and Other Rabbinic Texts
  • 2 The Literary Framework of the Yelammedenu
  • 3 Specific Characteristics of the Yelammedenu in Rabbinic Homilies
  • 4 Conclusion
  • 5 Appendix
  • 21 A Yelammedenu Unit in Pesiqta Rabbati and Midrash Tanḥuma : A Text-Linguistic Inquiry
  • 1 The Yelammedenu and the Rabbinic Homily
  • 2 Sources of the Yelammedenu Units
  • 3 Text Type
  • 4 The Halakhic Part of the Yelammedenu Tanḥuma , Bereshit
  • 5 The Aggadic Part of the Yelammedenu
  • 6 The Location of the Yelammedenu in the Homily
  • 7 Textual Analysis
  • 8 Midrash Tanḥuma , Naso 29-30
  • 9 Tanḥuma , Buber edition, Naso 34
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 1 Secondary Sources
  • 2 Dictionaries, Codices, Lexica, Encyclopedias
  • Bibliography
  • Index.