How should we read tales about rabbinic sages unique to post-Talmudic works? What theological, poetic, and social changes do they hide? Who could have authored them? The Tales of the Sages in Late Midrash, reveals these narratives hypertextuality....Daugiau...
The Apocalypse of Abraham is a pseudepigraphal work that narrates Abrahams rejection of idol worship and his subsequent ascent to heaven, where he is shown eschatological secrets through angelic mediation. This fascinating text was only preserved i...Daugiau...
Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature enables a rare and unique look into the Jewish society of late antiquity and the early Byzantine period, especially the interaction between the beit-midrash and the synagogue cultures. This little-studied corpus is the...Daugiau...
Contextualizing Jewish Temples presents ten essays all written by specialists offering cross-disciplinary perspectives on the ancient Jewish temples and their contexts....Daugiau...
This Festschrift in honor of Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman, a leading authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Judaism, includes contributions by twenty of his disciples, each of whom is a scholar in their own right. The many subjects covered...Daugiau...
Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana A arina offers a critical edition of a Talmud manuscript discovered in the New York University library and presents a discussion of the manuscripts restoration, provenance, and...Daugiau...
In Fighting over the Bible Isaac Kalimi explores the roots of the conflicts among Jews and between Jews, Christians, and Muslims regarding their interpretations of Jewish Scripture, as well as the rich new exegetical and theological approaches...Daugiau...
Scholars of Judaism and Christianity and their scriptures seek links between the two religions with essays on the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, the New Testament and its interpretation, Talmudic and Midrashic studies, and the Jewish-Christian...Daugiau...
Herbert Basser in The Gospel of Matthew and Judaic Traditions utilizes his mastery of Jewish writings to navigate the agenda of this enigmatic Gospel. He propounds numerous novel suggestions, while Marsha Cohens editing gives us a highly acce...Daugiau...
The questions Jacob Neusner has asked have shaped how scholars today approach the rabbinic literature. These essays honor that legacy, addressing topics in early Judaism, Judaisms relationship to Christianity and other religions, American Judaism, a...Daugiau...
The Haggadah retelling of the Exodus story is read in Jewish homes worldwide during Passover. A unique version is that of the now moribund Jewish community in Kaifeng, China. In this valuable contribution to Jewish studies, Wong (Old Testament, Hong...Daugiau...
