Torah is a Hidden Treasure

Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature

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The chapters in Torah is a Hidden Treasure pertain to authorship in Seder Eliyahu Rabba and Pirqe deRabi Eliezer, natural law and Israel’s statutes, Masorah and midrash, as well as a definition of midrash. The Hebrew Bible and midrash is researched in the interpretation of Israelite tribes, the Ten Commandments and the Covenant Code, and in Rashbam’s Bible commentary and its exegetical devices.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-4078-3

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Publication Status: In Print

Series: Judaism in Context 22

Publication Date: Aug 6,2019

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 193

Language: English

ISBN: 978-1-4632-4078-3

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The chapters in Torah is a Hidden Treasure pertain to authorship in Seder Eliyahu Rabba and Pirqe deRabi Eliezer, natural law and Israel’s statutes, Masorah and midrash, as well as a definition of midrash. The Hebrew Bible and midrash is researched in the interpretation of Israelite tribes, the Ten Commandments and the Covenant Code, and in Rashbam’s Bible commentary and its exegetical devices.

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	Contributor	Biography
	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.
	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.

Introduction ...................................................................................... 1

W. DAVID NELSON and RIVKA ULMER

‘Every Man According to his Blessing’: The Interpretation of

Reuben and Issachar in Genesis Rabbah .................................. 7

AVRAM RICHARD SHANNON

Exodus Rabbah and the Aggadic Response to Biblical Law: The

Ten Commandments and the Covenant Code ........................ 25

JONATHAN SCHOFER

Natural Law and the Statutes of Israel: Rabbinic Legal Discourse

in Leviticus Rabbah ................................................................. 51

NICHOLAS J. SCHASER

Towards a New Understanding of the Defining Features of

Rabbinic Midrash ................................................................... 71

MATTHEW GOLDSTONE

Authorship and Authority: Patterns of Change in Seder Eliyahu,

Pirke De Rabbi Eliezer and the Alphabet of Ben Sira in their

Geonic and Early Islamicate Contexts ..................................... 99

LENNART LEHMHAUS

Retrospection as an Exegetical Devise in Rashbam’s Torah

Commentary ........................................................................... 151

JONATHAN JACOBS

A Necessary Yod: How Masorah and Midrash Helped to Clarify

the Canon .............................................................................. 177

ROBERT VANHOFF

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