Studies in ancient midrash / edited by James L. Kugel.
Contributor(s): Kugel, James L
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TextPublisher: [Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: vi, 177 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 067400258X (alk. paper); 9780674002586 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Midrash -- Congresses | Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- Congresses | Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism -- CongressesDDC classification: 296.1/406 LOC classification: BM514 | .S78 2001Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Six of the eight essays were originally presented at a conference held at Harvard University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ancient biblical interpretation and the biblical sage / James L. Kugel -- Literacy and the polemics surrounding biblical interpretation in the Second Temple period / A.I. Baumgarten -- "Leave the dead to bury their own dead" / Menahem Kister -- Contours of Genesis interpretation at Qumran : contents, context, and nomenclature / Moshe J. Bernstein -- Qohelet's reception and interpretation in early rabbinic literature / Marc Hirshman -- The garments of skin in apocryphal narrative and biblical commentary / Gary A. Anderson -- Law, morality, and rhetoric in some sayings of Jesus / Menahem Kister -- Some instances of biblical interpretation in the hymns and wisdom writings of Qumran / James L. Kugel.