Genesis Rabbah: Parashiyyot 34 through 67 on Genesis 8:no. 15 to 28:9
Title | Genesis Rabbah: Parashiyyot 34 through 67 on Genesis 8:no. 15 to 28:9 PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher | Neusner Titles in Brown Judaic Studies |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Religion |
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Genesis Rabbah is the commentary on the book of Genesis produced by the Rabbinic sages of the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. It provides the Judaic reading of the book of Genesis in light of historical events of that critical period, when the Roman Emperor, Constantine, legalized Christianity.
The Matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah
Title | The Matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah PDF eBook |
Author | Katie J. Woolstenhulme |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2020-12-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 056769576X |
Katie J. Woolstenhulme considers the pertinent questions: Who were 'the matriarchs', and what did the rabbis think about them? Whilst scholarship on the role of women in the Bible and Rabbinic Judaism has increased, the authoritative group of women known as 'the matriarchs' has been neglected. This volume consequently focuses on the role and status of the biblical matriarchs in Genesis Rabbah, the fifth century CE rabbinic commentary on Genesis. Woolstenhulme begins by discussing the nature of midrash and introducing Genesis Rabbah; before exploring the term 'the matriarchs' and its development through early exegetical literature, culminating in the emergence of two definitions of the term in Genesis Rabbah – 'the matriarchs' as the legitimate wives of Israel's patriarchs, and 'the matriarchs' as a reference to Jacob's four wives, who bore Israel's tribal ancestors. She then moves to discuss 'the matriarchal cycle' in Genesis Rabbah with its three stages of barrenness; motherhood; and succession. Finally, Woolstenhulme considers Genesis Rabbah's portrayal of the matriarchs as representatives of the female sex, exploring positive and negative rabbinic attitudes towards women with a focus on piety, prayer, praise, beauty and sexuality, and the matriarchs' exemplification of stereotypical, negative female traits. This volume concludes that for the ancient rabbis, the matriarchs were the historical mothers of Israel, bearing covenant sons, but also the present mothers of Israel, continuing to influence Jewish identity.
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Genesis Rabbah
Title | A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Genesis Rabbah PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher | University Press of America |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780761819585 |
This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique.
Genesis Rabbah: Parashiyyot 68 through 100 on Genesis 28:no. 10 to 50:26
Title | Genesis Rabbah: Parashiyyot 68 through 100 on Genesis 28:no. 10 to 50:26 PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher | Neusner Titles in Brown Judaic Studies |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 9780891309369 |
Genesis Rabbah is the commentary on the book of Genesis produced by the Rabbinic sages of the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. It provides the Judaic reading of the book of Genesis in light of historical events of that critical period, when the Roman Emperor, Constantine, legalized Christianity.
Genesis Rabbah: to 8:14
Title | Genesis Rabbah: to 8:14 PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher | University of South Florida |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780891309321 |
Genesis Rabbah is the commentary on the book of Genesis produced by the Rabbinic sages of the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. It provides the Judaic reading of the book of Genesis in light of historical events of that critical period, when the Roman Emperor, Constantine, legalized Christianity.
Genesis Rabbah
Title | Genesis Rabbah PDF eBook |
Author | Jacob Neusner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Halakhic Midrashim |
ISBN |
Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer
Title | Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Friedlander |
Publisher | |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Bible |
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