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This innovative and original book examines the broad range of Jewish interpretation from antiquity through the medieval and renaissance periods. Its primary focus is on Midrash and midrashic creativity, including the entire range of nonlegal interpretations of the Bible. Considering Midrash as a literary and cultural form, the book explores aspects of classical Midrash from various angles including mythmaking and parables. The relationship between this exoteric mode and more esoteric forms in late antiquity is also examined. This work also focuses on some of the major genres of medieval biblical exegesis: plain sense, allegory, and mystical.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-4
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  1. PART I: Midrashic Henneneutics: Some Conceptual and Comparative Considerations
  2. p. 5
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  1. 1. Midrash and the "Midrashic Condition": Preliminary Considerations
  2. pp. 6-22
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  1. 2. From Midrash to Mishnah: Theological Repercussions and Further Clarifications of "Chate'u Yisrael"
  2. pp. 23-44
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  1. 3. Midrashic versus Other Formsof Jewish Hermeneutics: Some Comparative Reflections
  2. pp. 45-58
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  1. PART II: Ancient Midrash: Myth, History, and Parable
  2. p. 59
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  1. 4. "The Holy One Sits and Roars": Mythopoesis and the Midrashic Imagination
  2. pp. 60-77
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  1. 5. The Rabbinic Parable and the Narrative of Interpretation
  2. pp. 78-96
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  1. Part III: Medieval Midrash and Exegis: The Many Ways of Peshat, Remez, and Sod
  2. p. 97
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  1. 6. The Nature and Distribution of Medieval Compilatory Commentaries in the Light of Rabbi Joseph Kara's Commentary on the Book of Job. *
  2. pp. 98-130
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  1. 7. Maimonides on the Covenant of Circumcision and the Unity of God
  2. pp. 131-154
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  1. 8. Beautiful Maiden Without Eyes: Peshat and Sod in Zoharic Hermeneutics
  2. pp. 155-203
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  1. 9. Proverbs, Figures, and Riddles: The Dialogues of Love as a Hebrew Humanist Composition...
  2. pp. 204-226
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  1. PART IV: Myth, Midrash, and Exemplum in Medieval Historiography
  2. p. 227
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  1. 10. Can Medieval Storytelling Help Understanding Midrash? The. Story of Paltiel: A Preliminary Study on History and Midrash
  2. pp. 228-254
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  1. 11. History, Story and Collective Memory: Narrativity in Early Ashkenazic Culture
  2. pp. 255-279
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  1. 12. Sefer Yosippon: History and Midrash
  2. pp. 280-294
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 295-296
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