New Textual Witnesses to Midrash Song of Songs Rabbah

This article presents seven new textual witnesses to Midrash Song of Songs Rabbah that were previously unknown to scholars, on account of late or inaccurate records. It begins by reviewing earlier research on the textual evidence for this midrash. It goes on to present the new findings: three manusc...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ḳadari, Tamar 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: Zutot
Jahr: 2016, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 41-54
weitere Schlagwörter:B Song of Songs Midrash Rabbah midrash aggadah manuscript Cairo Genizah philology critical edition
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Zusammenfassung:This article presents seven new textual witnesses to Midrash Song of Songs Rabbah that were previously unknown to scholars, on account of late or inaccurate records. It begins by reviewing earlier research on the textual evidence for this midrash. It goes on to present the new findings: three manuscripts and four Cairo Genizah fragments, of various lengths and in various states of preservation. The article concludes by offering an updated list of all the textual witnesses to Song of Songs Rabbah discovered to date. These findings constitute a significant contribution to the philological study of this midrash.
ISSN:1875-0214
Enthält:In: Zutot
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18750214-12341278