Scripture as rhetor: a study in early rabbinic midrash

The article identifies a set of exegetical forms in tannaitic midrash wherein Scripture is represented as praising or critiquing the biblical characters on whom it reports. I contextualize these forms - the exegetical encomium and the exegetical invective - in relation to encomiastic forms in Second...

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Main Author: Novick, Tzvi 1976- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2014
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 82/83, Pages: 37-59
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Midrash / Exegesis / Holy books / Rhetoric / Praise / Criticism / Biblical person / Ishmael Ben Elisha ca. 1. Hälfte 2.Jh. / Akiba ben Joseph 50-135
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
Parallel Edition:Electronic