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Book SynopsisRabbinic documents of David, progenitor of the Messiah, carry forward the scriptural narrative of David the king. But he also is turned by Rabbinic writings of late antiquityfrom the Mishnah through the Yerushalmi and the Bavliinto a sage. Consequently, the Rabbis' Messiah is a rabbi. How did this transformation come about? Of what kinds of writings does it consist? What sequence of writings conveyed the transformation? And most important: what do we learn about the movement from one set of Israelite writings to take over, or submit to the values of, another set of writings? These are the questions answered here for David, king of Israel. Rabbi David proves that the first exposition of the figure of Rabbi David in a program of elaboration and of protracted exposition of law and Scripture is found in the Bavli. Prior to the closure of that document, that is, in the Rabbinic documents that came to closure before the Bavli, we do not find an elaborate exposition of the figure of David as
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. David in Abot and the Mishnah 2. David in The Tosefta 3. David in Sifra 4. David in Sifré to Numbers and Sifré Zutta to Numbers 5. David in Sifré to Deuteronomy 6. David in Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael 7. David in Genesis Rabbah 8. David in Leviticus Rabbah 9. David in Pesiqta Derab Kahana 10. David in Esther Rabbah I 11. David in Song of Songs Rabbah 12. David in Ruth Rabbah 13. David in Lamentations Rabbah 14. David in the Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan 15 David in Yerushalmi Berakhot and Zeraim 16. David in Yerushalmi Moed 17. David in Yerushalmi Nashim 18. David in Yerushalmi Neziqin 19. David in Bavli Berakhot 20. David in Bavli Moed 21. David in Bavli Nashim 22. David in Bavli Neziqin 23. David in Bavli Qodoshim and Niddah 24. Conclusion
