Modern Midrash

Author : David C. Jacobson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438407722

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Modern Midrash by David C. Jacobson Pdf

This book explores a central phenomenon in the development of modern Jewish literature: the retelling of tradtional Jewish narratives by twentieth-century writers. It shows how and toward what ends Biblical stories, legends, and Hasidic tales have been used in shaping modern Hebrew literature. The author's impressive knowledge and careful analysis of both early and modern Hebrew texts reveal the main literary features of the genre, while making an important contribution to current discussions of the relationship between midrash and literature, the relationship between myth (and other traditional narratives) and modern literature, and the concept of intertextuality. The book also provides many fresh insights on the various issues of modern Jewish existence addressed in these works. Among these are: the revival of the Jewish tradition by reinterpreting it in light of new values, the preservation of Jewish identity entering into Western culture, the changing roles of men and women in Jewish culture, challenges to traditional Jewish views of sexuality, attempts to physically destroy the Jewish people, moral and political issues raised by the establishment of the State of Israel, and the conflict between Jews and Arabs.

Author : Jay M. Harris
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791421449

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How Do We Know This? by Jay M. Harris Pdf

This book is a study of rabbinic legal interpretation (midrash) in Judaism’s rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. It shows how the rise of Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Judaism in the modern period is tied to distinct attitudes toward the classical Jewish heritage, and specifically, toward rabbinic midrash halakah.

Author : Lieve M. Teugels
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9042914262

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Bible and Midrash by Lieve M. Teugels Pdf

This two-part book traces the literary and historic study of the story of the 'Wooing of Rebekah' in the Hebrew Bible and its creative interpretations in Rabbinic Midrash. Part 1 treats such issues as the characterization of the narrative agents in the biblical story, the use of repetition as a narrative structuring device, and the question as to the roles of Rebekah and Isaac in this story as well as in the broader Isaac-Rebekah narratives. Part 2 follows several rabbinic interpretations of this story, dealing with, among other topics, the development of the motif of Rebekah's virginity in rabbinic aggadah and halakha as well as the reception of this theme in modern feminist studies of midrash. While treating these topics, this is at the same time a methodological inquiry into the dynamics of midrashic interpretation, treating rabbinic techniques such as 'gap-filling' and 'linkage', and its differences from modern biblical exegesis.

Author : Jay M. Harris
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438405865

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How Do We Know This? by Jay M. Harris Pdf

This book is a study of rabbinic legal interpretation (midrash) in Judaism's rabbinic, medieval, and modern periods. It shows how the rise of Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Judaism in the modern period is tied to distinct attitudes toward the classical Jewish heritage, and specifically, toward rabbinic midrash halakah. What has gone unnoticed until now is the extent to which the fragmentation of modern Judaism is related to the interpretative foundations of classical Judaism. As this book demonstrates, spokespersons for any form of Judaism that engaged modernity on any level had to explain the basis for their rejection or continued acceptance of the authority of rabbinically developed law. Inevitably and invariably, this need led them to address anew what were long-standing questions regarding the ancient interpretations of biblical law. Were they compelling? Were they reasonable? Were they still relevant? Each form of Judaism fashioned its own response to these challenges, and each argued forcefully against the responses of the other denominations. Jay M. Harris describes the fragmentation of modern Judaism in terms of each denomination's relationship to classical Judaism's system of interpretation in part two of this book.

Author : Adam Nathan Chalom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015069134156

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Modern Midrash by Adam Nathan Chalom Pdf

Author : David Stern
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810115743

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Midrash and Theory by David Stern Pdf

In Midrash and Theory, David Stern presents an approach to midrashic literature through the prism of contemporary theory. As midrash--the literature of classical Jewish Scriptural interpretation--has become the focus of new interest in contemporary literary circles, it has been invoked as a precursor of post-structuralist theory and criticism. At the same time, the midrashic imagination has undergone a revival in the larger Jewish community and shown itself capable of exercising a powerful influence and hold on a new type of contemporary Jewish writing. Stern examines this resurgence of fascination with ancient Jewish interpretation from the persepctive of the cultural relevance of midrash and its connection to its original historical and literary contexts.

Author : Michael Isaacson
Publisher : Michael Isaacson
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : 091461536X

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Jewish Music as Midrash by Michael Isaacson Pdf

Author : Wendy I. Zierler
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781438466163

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Movies and Midrash by Wendy I. Zierler Pdf

Brings popular cinema and Jewish religious texts into a meaningful dialogue. Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience presented by the Jewish Book Council Movies and Midrash uses cinema as a springboard to discuss central Jewish texts and matters of belief. A number of books have drawn on films to explicate Christian theology and belief, but Wendy I. Zierler is the first to do so from a Jewish perspective, exploring what Jewish tradition, text, and theology have to say about the lessons and themes arising from influential and compelling films. The book uses the method of “inverted midrash”: while classical rabbinical midrash begins with exegesis of a verse and then introduces a mashal (parable) as a means of further explication, Zierler turns that process around, beginning with the culturally familiar cinematic parable and then analyzing related Jewish texts. Each chapter connects a secular film to a different central theme in classical Jewish sources or modern Jewish thought. Films covered include The Truman Show (truth), Memento (memory), Crimes and Misdemeanors (sin), Magnolia (confession and redemption), The Descendants (birthright), Forrest Gump (cleverness and simplicity), and The Hunger Games (creation of humanity in God’s image), among others. Wendy I. Zierler is Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion and the author of And Rachel Stole the Idols: The Emergence of Modern Hebrew Women’s Writing.

Author : Tamar Biala
Publisher : Hbi Jewish Women
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1684580951

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Dirshuni by Tamar Biala Pdf

A unique compilation of contemporary women's midrashim. Dirshuni: Contemporary Women's Midrash, is the first-ever English edition of a historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women, which has been long-anticipated by multiple American audiences, including synagogues, rabbinical seminaries, adult learning programs, Jewish educators, and scholars of gender and religion. Using the classical forms developed by the ancient rabbis, the contributors express their religious and moral thought and experience through innovative interpretations of scripture. The women writers, from all denominations and beyond, of all political stripes and ethnic backgrounds, contribute their Torah to fill the missing half of the sacred Jewish bookshelf. This book reflects dramatic changes in the agency of women in the world of religious writings. The volume features a comprehensive introduction to Midrash for the uninitiated reader by the distinguished scholar Tamar Kadari and extensive annotation and commentary by Tamar Biala.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827610211

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Searching for Meaning in Midrash by Anonim Pdf

Searching for Meaning in Midrash explores the fascinating body of Jewish literature called Midrash--creative interpretations of the Bible that are designed to reveal hidden or deeper meaning in Scripture. Each of the over 50 midrashim sit next to its corresponding biblical text so that readers can compare them, along with commentary on the times and insights of the Rabbis who wrote each midrash. Readers are given guidance for answering "What does this text mean to me?"

Author : Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004531345

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Encyclopaedia of Midrash by Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Midrash provides a systematic account of biblical interpretation in Judaism. While emphasizing the Rabbinic literature, it also covers interpretation of Scripture in a number of distinct canons, ranging from the Targumic literature and Dead Sea Scrolls to the New Testament and Church Fathers. The Encyclopedia of Midrash provides readers with a depth and breadth of treatment of Midrash unavailable in any other single source. Through the writings of top scholars in each of their fields, it sets out the current state of the question for each of the many topics discussed in its pages. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004141667).

Author : Benjamin J. Segal
Publisher : U'd Syn Conservative Judaism
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Haggadot
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Midrash, the Search for a Contemporary Past by Benjamin J. Segal Pdf

Author : David Stern
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 067465448X

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Parables in Midrash by David Stern Pdf

David Stern shows how the parable or mashal--the most distinctive type of narrative in midrash--was composed, how its symbolism works, and how it serves to convey the ideological convictions of the rabbis. He describes its relation to similar tales in other literatures, including the parables of Jesus in the New Testament and kabbalistic parables. Through its innovative approach to midrash, this study reaches beyond its particular subject, and will appeal to all readers interested in narrative and religion.

Author : Alan T. Levenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442205161

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The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible by Alan T. Levenson Pdf

Tracing its history from Moses Mendelssohn to today, Alan Levenson explores the factors that shaped what is the modern Jewish Bible and its centrality in Jewish life today. The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible explains how Jewish translators, commentators, and scholars made the Bible a keystone of Jewish life in Germany, Israel and America. Levenson argues that German Jews created a religious Bible, Israeli Jews a national Bible, and American Jews an ethnic one. In each site, scholars wrestled with the demands of the non-Jewish environment and their own indigenous traditions, trying to balance fidelity and independence from the commentaries of the rabbinic and medieval world.

Author : Rabbi Jeffrey Wildstein
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781615647828

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Judaism by Rabbi Jeffrey Wildstein Pdf

Idiot's Guides: Judaism is written by an accomplished Rabbi and teacher for both a non-Jewish person, as well as any Jewish person who wishes to learn more. The book offers a thorough examination and covers the five books of Moses, Jewish law, history, and important Jewish scholars. Jewish life, Holy Days, and a comparison to Christianity are also included, along with twenty frequently asked questions.