Genesis Rabbah in Text and Context

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-16-154702-7
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 166, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism

Genesis Rabbah, the earliest rabbinic commentary on Genesis, was composed in Roman Palestine around the 5th century CE. In this volume, an international team of scholars explores the literary formation and textual transmission of this work in late antiquity, and the historical, cultural, religious, and political contexts from which it emerged. Some essays study the multi-layered nature of this text, the relationship of the traditions within the collection to one another and to other compositions, its redaction, its manuscript history, and the interpretive strategies it applies to biblical verses. Other essays explore how the midrash engages with Greco-Roman literature, competing theological and exegetical ideas found in contemporary Christian works, and other genres of Jewish literature. The collection aims to advance scholarly conversations about the classical rabbinic corpus; midrash; religions of late antiquity; interactions between Jews, Christians, and others in the Greco-Roman world; and the reception of Genesis Rabbah in medieval and modern times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kattan Gribetz, Sarit

Grossberg, David M.

Himmelfarb, Martha

Schäfer, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Judentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Rabbinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Grossberg, David M.
Born 1965; PhD from Princeton University; currently Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, Ithaca.

Schäfer, Peter
Geboren 1943; 1968 Promotion; 1973 Habilitation; 1983-2008 Professor für Judaistik an der Freien Universität Berlin; 1998-2013 Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies und Professor of Religion an der Princeton University; 2014-2019 Direktor des Jüdischen Museums Berlin.

Kattan Gribetz, Sarit
Born 1984; PhD from Princeton University; currently Assistant Professor of Theology, Fordham University, New York.

Himmelfarb, Martha
Born 1952; PhD from the University of Pennsylvania; currently William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, Princeton University, Princeton.