Inner-midrashic introductions and their influence on introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries /
Author / Creator: | Distefano, Michel G. |
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Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studia Judaica, 0585-5306 ; Bd. 46 Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 46. |
Subject: | Midrash -- History and criticism. Midrash -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. Bible. -- Old Testament -- Commentaries. Bible. -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. Bible. -- Old Testament. Bibel -- Altes Testament RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings. Midrash. Exegese Rabbinismus Textkritik Rezeption Midrasch Electronic books. Electronic books. Commentaries. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194984 |
Summary: | The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the same type of material that is found in introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries. The application of Goldberg's form analysis to these sections reveals the new form "Inner-Midrashic Introduction" (IMI) as a thematic discourse on introductory issues to biblical books. By its very nature the IMI is embedded within the comments on the first biblical verse (1:1). Further analysis of medieval rabbinic Bible commentary introductions in terms of their formal, thematic, and material characteristics, reveals that a high degree of continuity exists between them and the IMIs, including another newly discovered form, the "Inner-Commentary Introduction". These new discoveries challenge the current view that traces the origin of Bible introduction in Judaism exclusively to non-Jewish models. They also point to another important link between the Midrashim and the commentaries, i.e., the decomposition of the functional form midrash in the new discoursive context of the commentaries. Finally, the form analysis demonstrates how larger discourses are formed in the exegetical Midrashim. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages) |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9783110213690 3110213699 1282073435 9781282073432 9783110213683 3110213680 9786612073434 6612073438 |
ISSN: | 0585-5306 ; |