Emerging Horizons. 21st Century Approaches to the Study of Midrash

Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature, volume 9

The chapters in Emerging Horizons: 21st Century Approaches to the Study of Midrash pertain to an intriguing midrash that appears in a Masoretic context, the Qur’anic narrative of the red cow, midrashic narratives that rabbinize enemies of Israel, the death of Moses, emotions in rabbinic literature, and yelammedenu units in midrashic works.

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Publication Date: Nov 30,2021

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The chapters in Emerging Horizons: 21^st Century Approaches to the Study of Midrash pertain to an intriguing midrash that appears in a Masoretic context, the Qur’anic narrative of the red cow, midrashic narratives that rabbinize enemies of Israel, the death of Moses, emotions in rabbinic literature, and yelammedenu units in midrashic works.

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	Contributor	Biography
	W. David Nelson	W. David Nelson is the former Rosenthal Associate Professor and Director of Jewish Studies at Texas Christian University and Brite Divinity School. He currently serves as President of the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion.
	Rivka Ulmer	Rivka Ulmer is Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Bucknell University. They serve as chairs of the Midrash Section for the Society of Biblical Literature, and both have published widely in the interdisciplinary area of Jewish Studies, particularly in the field of Midrash.

List of Contributors .................................................................. ix
Introduction ............................................................................. xi

1. Midrash as Masorah: God’s Gematria Lesson for Moses and
the Scribes who Transmitted It .......................................... 1
ROBERT VANHOFF

2. The Red Cow: The Qurʾan and the Midrash ......................... 13
ABDULLA GALADARI

3. The Rabbinization of the Enemy: Villains in the Service of the
Pharisees ......................................................................... 51
GILAD ELBOM

4. The Death of Moses, and the Understanding of Deuteronomy,
in Deuteronomy Rabbah 11:10 ......................................... 59
JONATHAN SCHOFER

5. Emotional Discourse in Rabbinic Literature ............................ 85
RONIT NIKOLSKY

6. A Yelammedenu Unit in Pesiqta Rabbati and Midrash Tanḥuma:
A Text Linguistic Analysis .................................................... 109
RIVKA ULMER

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