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Jewish Publication Society Tanna Debe Eliyyahu: The Lore of the School of Elijah
Tanna Debe Eliyyahu is a midrashic work thought to have been composed between the third and tenth centuries. Unlike all the other midrashim, it does not consist of a compilation of individual homilies but is a unified work shaped with a character of its own.
£24.99
Jewish Publication Society Pesikta De-Rab Kahana
A JPS classic reissue of this great work of Midrash Long known only to scholars and specialists, Pesikta de-Rab Kahana is a masterpiece of midrashic literature. A collection of discourses for special Sabbaths and festival days compiled and organized during the fifth century, it was well known and studied from the end of that century until it disappeared sometime in the sixteenth century. From manuscripts discovered in 1868 and still others 100 years later, it was reborn. In 1975 JPS brought it to English readers through Braude and Kapstein’s translation.
£67.00