'It’s Better to Hear the Rebuke of the Wise Than the Song of Fools' (Qoh 7:5) : Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature, Volume 6

La 4e de couverture indique : "This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2012-2014 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. It is comprised of contributions by leading and emerging scholars that share a common focus on Rabbinic biblical interpretation as it intersects with a range of biblical texts and associated fields of study, including: Jewish legal literature; Hellenistic Judaism; post-biblical interpretation; biblical commentary; liturgical studies; and, cultural studies. The contributions explore how the study of Midrash illuminates and informs an array of topics, such as: race and slavery in antiquity; myth and theology in biblical tradition; reason and rationalism in the Hebrew Bible; inner-biblical interpretation; and, literary and form analysis." "This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2012-2014 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. It is comprised of contributions by leading and emerging scholars that share a common focus on Rabbinic biblical interpretation as it intersects with a range of biblical texts and associated fields of study, including: Jewish legal literature; Hellenistic Judaism; post-biblical interpretation; biblical commentary; liturgical studies; and, cultural studies. The contributions explore how the study of Midrash illuminates and informs an array of topics, such as: race and slavery in antiquity; myth and theology in biblical tradition; reason and rationalism in the Hebrew Bible; inner-biblical interpretation; and, literary and form analysis"-- Provided by publisher Table of Contents Introduction 1. Ancient Jewish and Christian Exegeses of the ‘Curse of Ham’: Divergent Strategies against the Background of Ancient Views on Slavery 2. Jacob’s Double: A Reduplicative Confabulation of Post- Biblical Literature 3. The Holy of Holies or the Holiest? Rabbi Akiva’s Characterization of Song of Songs in Mishnah Yadayim 3:5 4. The Spirit among the Sages: Seder Olam, the End of Prophecy, and Sagely Illumination 5. Blessed be He, Who Remembered the Earlier Deeds and Overlooks the Later – Prayer, Benedictions, and Liturgy in the New Rhetoric Garb of Late Midrashic Traditions 6. The Role of Small Forms in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer 7. Inner-Biblical Exegesis in Rashbam’s Commentary on Qohelet Ancient Jewish and Christian exegeses of the 'Curse of Ham': divergent strategies against the background of ancient views on slavery Jacob's double: a reduplicative confabulation of post-biblical literature The Holy of Holies or the holiest? Rabbi Akiva's characterization of the Song of Songs in Mishnah Yadayim 3:5 The spirit among the sages: Seder Olam, the end of prophecy and sagely illumination Blessed be He, who remembered the earlier deeds and overlooks the later benedictions, and liturgy in the new rhetoric garb of late Midrashic traditions The role of small forms in Pirqei de Rabbi Eliezer Inner-Biblical exegesis in Rashbam's commentary on Qohelet.

This volume contains selected proceedings of the Midrash Section sessions convened during the 2012-2014 meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature. It is comprised of contributions by leading and emerging scholars that share a common focus on Rabbinic biblical interpretation as it intersects with a range of biblical texts and associated fields of study, including: Jewish legal literature; Hellenistic Judaism; post-biblical interpretation; biblical commentary; liturgical studies; and, cultural studies.