A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Pesiqta deRab Kahana
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Pesiqta deRab Kahana

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780761819363

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Pesqita deRab Kahana constitutes a whole that vastly exceeds the sum of the parts. The theology of the document is stated by that whole, on its own but also through the parts. The components of the document derive from the common theology of Rabbinic Judaism. Most are interchangeable, serviceable for other documents of a comparable character. The theology particular to this document comes to expression only when the entirety of the composite comes into view.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Song of Songs Rabbah
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Song of Songs Rabbah

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780761819868

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This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts. I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique. This commentary in its concluding chapter presents what is common to the animating theology of Rabbinic Judaism in all its documentary components and what is unique to Song of Songs Rabbah.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780761820512

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In this final volume of A Theological Commentary to the Midrash, Jacob Neusner presents both what is common to the animating theology of Rabbinic Judaism in all its documentary components, and what is unique to Mekhilta, attributed to R. Ishmael. Neusner alleges that each Rabbinic document has its particular problem to solve, a problem set forth by the book of Scripture upon which it is focused, around which it is organized.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Genesis Rabbah
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Genesis Rabbah

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780761819585

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This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Leviticus Rabbah
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Leviticus Rabbah

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780761819875

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This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts. I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique. This commentary in its concluding chapter presents what is common to the animating theology of Rabbinic Judaism in all its documentary components and what is unique to Leviticus Rabbah.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Lamentations Rabbati
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Lamentations Rabbati

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780761820222

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This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780761820482

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The purpose of this study is to identify the propositions of the principal Midrash-compilations of formative Judaism. Continuing with the theme of volume Seven, devoted to Sifra, Jacob Neusner proceeds to Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy. It is, further, to place these propositions, where established, into a relationship with those that characterize the canon as a whole. This volume presents both what is in common to the animating theology of Rabbinic Judaism in all its documentary components and what is unique to Sifré to Numbers and Sifré to Deuteronomy, respectively.

A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Ruth Rabbah and Esther Rabbah I
A Theological Commentary to the Midrash: Ruth Rabbah and Esther Rabbah I

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780761820239

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This theological commentary to the Rabbinic Midrash explores a simple proposition, in three parts: I. The reading of Scripture by principal parts of the Rabbinic Midrash is formed by compositions and composites that are animated by a cogent theological system. II. These primary components of the Midrash-compilations, further, are in part aimed at systematic demonstrations of theorems of a theological character. III. While forming a principal part of a large theological structure and system, each document is unique.

Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon
Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon

Author: Jacob Neusner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0761852115

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This study of the inclusion of biographical narratives examines sage-stories, anecdotes about the life and deeds of Rabbinic sages, in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism during the formative age. These documents, from the first six centuries C.E., are exclusive of the two Talmuds.

Feeding the Five Thousand
Feeding the Five Thousand

Author: Roger David Aus

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 0761851526

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The story of Jesus feeding the five thousand is found in all four Gospels, and is told in two of them twice. Roger David Aus primarily explores the many facets of early Palestinian Judaism which inform the story, especially in regard to the miracle-worker Elisha. He describes four major motifs in the narrative, as well as the Markan and Johannine redaction. In addition, he analyzes the account's Semitic background, genre and historicity, and its part in a miracle collection.