The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the BibleReuven Hammer Paulist Press, 1995 - 528 páginas "Paulist Press deserves credit for adding this new dimension to interfaith dialogue." The Jewish Spectator Classic Midrash, The: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible translation, introduction and commentaries by Reuven Hammer, preface by Judah Goldin Do you want to come to know He Who Spoke and the world came into being? Learn haggada (rabbinic lore) for by doing that you will come to know He Who Spoke and the world came into being and hold fast to His ways. Sifre Deuteronomy 49 Midrash (from the Hebrew root "to seek out"), which contains both legendary and legal material, is both a process and a product. It reflects the process of searching the text of Scripture in order to better understand it and apply it to life. Begun by the Sages of Israel when the Torah was canonized by Ezra in the fifth century B.C.E., its classic period culminated in the editing of the Tannaitic Midrashim (the "product") in the land of Israel in the fourth to fifth centuries C.E. The classic midrash presented here is a collective work. Although presenting interpretations in the name of individual Sages, it has no one author: rather, it reflects the collective wisdom of the leaders of Pharisaic Judaism which later became Rabbinic Judaism. Each succeeding generation added its own layer and remained a part of the ongoing process. Multiple interpretations are presented. There is no one way of understanding the word of God. There are always new levels of meaning to be uncovered. Midrash is the enemy of fundamentalism. Simplistic, literalistic interpretation of a text is its death knell. Rather than closing the text, midrash opens it up and emphasizes the interaction between the reader and the text. This volume presents and introduction to midrash in general and to these specific Tannaitic works, explaining the history and development of midrash as well as its methodology and message. It then offers translations of major sections of these works, with a commentary to each section and a running commentary to the text to help the reader understand the midrash, its background and its meaning. No student of the Bible should read it without the insight of the classic Sages. No student of religion should neglect the insights of these masters of the spirit. No student of culture and literature should ignore the methods and the products embodied in these creations. No one concerned with the problems of being human in this day and age should ignore the answers to these problems, which are found in these classic works. + |
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... heads to hear Joshua's words . What would he say ? " Blessed is the Lord who gave Torah to Israel through Moses our teacher . " [ p . 330 ] The Song of Moses ( Deut . 42 : 1-43 ) was interpreted as referring to the contemporary ...
... heads to hear Joshua's words . What would he say ? " Blessed is the Lord who gave Torah to Israel through Moses our teacher . " [ p . 330 ] The Song of Moses ( Deut . 42 : 1-43 ) was interpreted as referring to the contemporary ...
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... HEADS , YOUR ELDERS AND YOUR OFFICIALS , ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL , YOUR CHILDREN ( Deut . 29 : 9-10 ) . Does an infant have any notion of the distinction between good and evil ? Rather it was in order to give the fathers a reward for ...
... HEADS , YOUR ELDERS AND YOUR OFFICIALS , ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL , YOUR CHILDREN ( Deut . 29 : 9-10 ) . Does an infant have any notion of the distinction between good and evil ? Rather it was in order to give the fathers a reward for ...
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... HEAD BACK FOR EGYPT ( Num . 14 : 4 ) when He had taken them the long way around , how much more would this have been so had He brought them the quickest way ! SO GOD LED THE PEOPLE ROUNDABOUT , BY THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS AT THE SEA OF ...
... HEAD BACK FOR EGYPT ( Num . 14 : 4 ) when He had taken them the long way around , how much more would this have been so had He brought them the quickest way ! SO GOD LED THE PEOPLE ROUNDABOUT , BY THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS AT THE SEA OF ...
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... HEAD FELL INTO THE WATER . AND HE CRIED ALOUD , “ ALAS , MAS- TER , IT WAS A BORROWED ONE ! " " WHERE DID IT FALL ? ” ASKED THE MAN OF GOD . HE SHOWED HIM THE SPOT ; AND HE CUT OFF A STICK AND THREW IT IN , AND HE MADE THE AX HEAD FLOAT ...
... HEAD FELL INTO THE WATER . AND HE CRIED ALOUD , “ ALAS , MAS- TER , IT WAS A BORROWED ONE ! " " WHERE DID IT FALL ? ” ASKED THE MAN OF GOD . HE SHOWED HIM THE SPOT ; AND HE CUT OFF A STICK AND THREW IT IN , AND HE MADE THE AX HEAD FLOAT ...
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... head of the tribe of Judah according to Num . 2 : 3 . The story of Nahshon was a well - known rabbinic legend . JUDAH SANCTIFIED HIM — by showing belief in God's word and doing the seemingly foolhardy act of plunging into the waters of ...
... head of the tribe of Judah according to Num . 2 : 3 . The story of Nahshon was a well - known rabbinic legend . JUDAH SANCTIFIED HIM — by showing belief in God's word and doing the seemingly foolhardy act of plunging into the waters of ...
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LEVITICUS | 171 |
NUMBERS | 220 |
DEUTERONOMY | 289 |
EXODUS | 397 |
LEVITICUS | 425 |
NUMBERS | 461 |
DEUTERONOMY | 493 |
RABBINIC AUTHORITIES BY GENERATIONS | 513 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 515 |
INDEX TO PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION | 517 |
INDEX OF RABBINIC AUTHORITIES | 520 |
INDEX TO TEXT | 523 |
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Aaron Abraham accepted Akiba Amalek Biblical blessing blood bring BROTHER called cause circumcision commanded COMMENTARY concerning converts covenant Day of Atonement death deeds Deut Deuteronomy Divine Presence EARTH Egypt Eleazar Eliezer exile Exodus EYES Ezek father fire Gamliel garments give God's guilty HAND Heaven Hebrew Holy human indicates interpretation Isaac Ishmael Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Johanan Jose Jose the Galilean Joshua Judah Judah says Judah the Prince Judaism judges kill king kingship LAND OF EGYPT Land of Israel matter of logic means Mekhilta midrash Midrashim mitzvah mitzvot Moses Name nations Nazirite Numbers offering parable peace phylacteries praise prayer priests prophets Prov punishment rabbinic recited refers repentance righteous Sabbath Sages sanctified Scripture Shema shofar Sifra Sifre Simeon Sinai slave Song speak Tannaitic teaches Temple transgression verse says wicked wilderness witnesses woman words of Torah written
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Página 115 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Página 205 - And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Página 165 - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
Página 81 - David said to the Philistine, You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Página 230 - The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you. and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
Página 63 - ... that ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God.
Página 207 - The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.