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Book SynopsisThis book is a reprint of the first publication of the complete manuscript of Pesiqta Rabbati, Volumes I-III (1997-2002), a major rabbinic work from the Land of Israel from the 5th-6th century.
Trade ReviewOne can therefore only welcome any new addition to the corpus of scholarly editions of rabbinic literature, and the scholarly world must indeed be appreciative of the publication of Pesiqta Rabbati on the most basic ground of making previously inaccessible textual data easily available to everyone. -- Professor Chaim Milikowsky, Bar Ilan University, Israel * The Jewish Quarterly Review, (1999) *
Dating from fifth-sixth century Palestine, but containing much older material, Pesiqta Rabbati is a major collection of rabbinic homilies based upon biblical passages from the Torah for Jewish holy days and special Sabbaths. Volume three contains the index, chapter 53 of the Pesiqta Rabbati, supplemental manuscript material, and corrigenda. * Reference and Research Book News, November 2002. *
L'Édition de la Pesiqta procurée par le professeur Rivka Ulmer est une contribution décisive dans la connaissance de la littérature midrachique. Cette édition deviendra l'instrument de travail indispensable des enseignants et des étudiants de l'exégèse traditionelle. -- Professor Maurice-Ruben Hayoun (Paris), Université de Genève, Switzerland
The publication of the synoptic edition of all the extant manuscripts of Pesiqta Rabbati is a first in many ways: the first new edition of this major rabbinic work since the 19th century, and the first synoptic edition of a Midrash. This work is the result of a major undertaking and has already become a valuable tool for scholars of Jewish texts. -- Dr. Lieve Teugels, editor for the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, former Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, University of Utrecht in th
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Pesiqta Rabbati 53 Chapter 2 Supplement 1 (MS Cambridge TS Misc. 36.124) Chapter 3 Supplement 2 (MS Budapest Kaufmann 157) Chapter 4 Supplement 3: Pesiqta Rabbati 1 (Vienna Fragment, Benedictini) Chapter 5 Supplement 4 (MS Budapest Rabbinical Seminary 221) Part 6 Index Chapter 7 Scriptural Passages Chapter 8 Geographical Terms, Place Names, and Nations Chapter 9 Greek and Latin Expressions Chapter 10 Subjects Chapter 11 Exegetical Terms Chapter 12 Personal Names, Names of Biblical Figures, Angels and Historical Figures Chapter 13 Rabbinic Authorities Chapter 14 Meshalim and Ma'asim Chapter 15 Emendations
