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Book SynopsisTanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature enables a rare and unique look into the Jewish society of late antiquity and the early Byzantine period, especially the interaction between the beit-midrash and the synagogue cultures. This little-studied corpus is the focus of the present volume, in which various authors study historical, philological, cultural or linguistic aspects of this literature. The result is a body of work dedicated to this important corpus, and is a first step into giving it its proper place in Jewish Studies.
Table of ContentsPreface Arnon Atzmon and Ronit Nikolsky 1 Let Our Rabbi Teach Us: An Introduction to Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature Ronit Nikolsky and Arnon Atzmon Part 1: Bibliographical Survey 2 A Bibliographical Survey of Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Research: Past, Present, and Future Marc Bregman Part 2: Textual Findings 3 Tanhuma as a Textual Martyr: On the Reception of Tanhuma Literature in Literary and Documentary Genizah Sources Moshe Lavee 4 The Transmission of Midrash Tanhuma in Ashkenaz as Reflected in Binding Fragments from Germany Andreas Lehnardt Part 3: Language and Terminology 5 The Language of the Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature: The State of Research Yehonatan Wormser 6 “Rabbi Tanhuma Said”: A Code Phrase for the Quotation from Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature Gila Vachman Part 4: Sources and Parallels 7 Pesikta in the Tanhuma: The Case of Pericope Shekalim Arnon Atzmon 8 A Tanhumaic Tradition on a Hasmonean King: Between Tannaitic Sources and the Babylonian Talmud Tal Ilan Part 5: Adjacent and Later Literatures 9 The Affinity between the Lost Midrash Yelammedenu and Midrash Vayekhulu Amos Geula 10 The Provenance of Aggadat Bereshit: A Reassessment of the Origins of the Work as a “Tanhuma Satellite” Lieve Teugels 11 Tanhuma in Masquerade: Discovering the Tanhuma in the Latter Midrash Rabbah Texts Shalem Yahalom Part 6: Cultural Context 12 Dramatic Dialogues in the Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Midrashim Dov Weiss 13 Meshalim on Election and Power: Two Examples in Tanhuma Buber Eric Ottenheijm 14 Joseph, Judah, and the Study of Emotions in Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature Ronit Nikolsky Part 7: Textual Witnesses 15 Survey of Textual Witnesses of the Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature Arnon Atzmon Bibliography Index of Biblical Sources Index of Tanhuma-Yelammedenu Literature Index of Sources Index of Modern Scholars General Index
