TY - BOOK AU - Neusner, Jacob AU - Neusner,Jacob TI - Judaism and the Interpretation of Scripture: Introduction to the Rabbinic Midrash SN - 1565637062 U1 - B55.6 PY - 2004/// CY - Peabody PB - Hendrickson Publishers KW - Rabbinic Literature N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; How does judaism read Scripture?..........1 An overview of the Rabbinic Midrash-compilations........15 Genesis in Genesis rabbah: Recasting the patriarchs into the Models for Israelite Conduct ......30 Exodus in Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael .......46 Leviticus in Sifra: Mediating between the Two Torahs, oral and written ...........60 Leviticus in Leviticus rabbah: Turning scripture`s Laws into the design of Holy Israel`s Social Order .........74 Numbers in Sifre to numbers ..........88 Deuteronomy in Sifre to Deuteronomy.............102 Esther in Esther Rabbah.......116 Ruth in Ruth Rabbah.....131 Song of Songs in song of Songs Rabbah: Reading holy Israel`s Relationship to God Within the Symbols of a Love- song ..........145 Lamentations in Lamentations Rabbah...........159 The calendar of Judaism in Pesiqta Derab Kahana........174 The sages in the Fathers according to Rabbi Nathan .............192 THe Theology of Rabbinic Midrash ...........207 ER -