Recent developments in midrash research : proceedings of the 2002 and 2003 SBL Consultation on Midrash

This work consists of a selection of papers from sessions during the first two years of SBL Consultation on Midrash. It demonstrates innovative approaches to midrashic texts and hermeneutic reflections on similarities and differences between interpretations of the Bible. Foreword. The Consultation On Midrash Of The Society Of Biblical Literature Contents Part I. The Definition And The Limits Of Midrash Midrash Halakhah in Its Classic Formulation The Significance of Midrash (John Townsend) Translation as Innovation in BT Meg. 3a From Philology to History. The Sectarian Dispute, as Portrayed in the Scholium to Megillat Ta‘anit Critiquing a Critical Edition: Challenges Utilizing the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon b. Yoḥai Creating Rabbinic Texts: Moving from a Synoptic to a Critical Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Textual Criticism of A Late Rabbinic Midrash: Aggadat Bereshit On Critical Editions of Midrash Abbreviations of Rabbinic Texts Indices