{"product_id":"midrash-unbound-transformations-and-innovations-9781906764913","title":"Midrash Unbound: Transformations and Innovations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMidrash is arguably the most ancient genre of Jewish literature, forming a voluminous body of scriptural exegesis over the course of centuries. There is hardly anything in the ancient rabbinic universe that was not taught through this medium. The diversity and development of that creative profusion are presented here in a new light. The contributors cover a broad range of texts, from late antiquity to the modern period and from all the centres of literary creativity, including non-rabbinic and non-Jewish literature, so that the full extent of the modes and transformations of Midrash can be fully appreciated. A comprehensive introduction situates Midrash in its historical and cultural setting, pointing to creative adaptations within the tradition and providing a sense of the variety of genres and applications discussed in the body of the book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together an impressive array of the leading names in the field, the volume is innovative in both its scope and content, seeking to open a new period in the study of Midrash and its creative role in the formation of culture. It should be of interest to all scholars of Jewish studies, as well as to a wider readership interested in the interrelationships between hermeneutics, culture, and creativity, and especially in the afterlife of a classical genre and its ability to inspire new creativity in many forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: Philip Alexander, Sebastian Brock, Jacob Elbaum, Michael Fishbane, Robert Hayward, William Horbury, Sara Japhet, Ephraim Kanarfogel, Naftali Loewenthal, Ivan G. Marcus, Alison Salvesen, Marc Saperstein, Chava Turniansky, Piet van Boxel, Joanna Weinberg, Benjamin Williams, Elliot Wolfson, Eli Yassif.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[\u003ci\u003eMidrash Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e] is, both in the field of Judaism but also in the various historical disciplines of religious studies and theology, indispensable.'\u003cbr\u003eGörge K. Hasselhoff, \u003ci\u003eBrill Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMidrash Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant and substantial contribution to the study of midrashic literature, method and process as manifested in diverse  Jewish sources and select non-Jewish writings, from Late Antiquity to the Modern age. Fishbane and Weinberg have brought together an impressive array of scholars to explore the nature of Midrash in varied historical and geographical contexts, pointing out, as the aptly chosen title suggests, transformations and innovations in the development of the genre. [...] It is a volume that enriches and\tmeaningfully extends discussion on how we can understand Midrash and its development in diverse literary forms and historical contexts.'\tDr Helen Spurling, \u003ci\u003eBAJS Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction - Michael Fishbane and Joanna Weinberg \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I  Origins and Subsurface Traditions\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1\tMidrash and the Meaning of Scripture - Michael Fishbane \u003cbr\u003e2\tThe Hand upon the Lord’s Throne: Targumic and Midrashic Perceptions of Exodus 17: 14--16 - Robert Hayward \u003cbr\u003e3\tUnwashed Hands: A Midrashic Controversy in the Gospel of Matthew - Piet van Boxel \u003cbr\u003e4\t‘Tradunt Hebraei . . .’ The Problem of the Function and Reception of Jewish Midrash in Jerome - Alison Salvesen \u003cbr\u003e5\tMidrash in Syriac - Sebastian Brock \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II  Later Midrashic Forms \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6\tPiyut and Midrash: Between Poetic Invention and Rabbinic Convention - Michael Fishbane \u003cbr\u003e7\tThe Mourners of Zion and the Suffering Messiah: Pesikta rabati 34---Structure, Theology, and Content - Philip Alexander \u003cbr\u003e8\tThe Toledot jeshu as Midrash  - William Horbury \u003cbr\u003e9\tStorytelling as Midrashic Discourse in the Middle Ages - Eli Yassif \u003cbr\u003e10\tPerformative Midrash in the Memory of Ashkenazi Martyrs - Ivan G. Marcus \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III  Medieval Transformations \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11\tMidrash in a Leixical Key: The Arukh of Nathan ben Yehiel - Joanna Weinberg \u003cbr\u003e12\tRashi’s Choice: The {H.}umash Commentary as Rewritten Midrash - Ivan G. Marcus \u003cbr\u003e13\tThe Pendulum of Exegetical Methodology: From the Peshat to the Derash and Back - Sara Japhet \u003cbr\u003e14\tMidrashic Texts and Methods in Tosafist Torah Commentaries - Ephraim Kanarfogel \u003cbr\u003e15\tZoharic Literature and Midrashic Temporality - Elliot Wolfson \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV  Early Modern and Modern Traditions \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16\tThe Ingathering of Midrash Rabbah - Benjamin Williams \u003cbr\u003e17\tMidrash in Medieval and Early Modern Sermons - Marc Saperstein \u003cbr\u003e18\tRabbi Judah Loew of Prague and his Attitude to the Aggadah - Jacob Elbaum \u003cbr\u003e19\tThe Destruction of the Temple: A Yiddish Booklet for the Ninth of Av - Jacob Elbaum and Chava Turniansky \u003cbr\u003e20\tMidrash in Habad Hasidism - Naftali Loewenthal \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors \u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470274466135,"sku":"9781906764913","price":30.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/midrash-unbound-transformations-and-innovations-9781906764913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}