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This first installment in the three-volume Jewish Literary Cultures is a collection of essays and studies of diverse texts and topics in ancient Jewish literature, ranging from fables in the Bible and ancient Jewish interpretations of the Song of Songs to the use of erotic narrative in rabbinic literature, the canonization of classical Jewish literature, comparative exegesis, and the early history of Jewish reading practices. David Stern uses contemporary critical approaches and textual analysis to explore larger ideas and themes in rabbinic Judaism—and opens new windows onto questions of cultural exchange and influence, the relationship of textuality and materiality, the history of Jewish literature, and the nature of Jewish literary creativity. The essays, written with literary flair, are intended to be accessible to informed lay readers as well as scholars and specialists in ancient Judaism.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Vayikra Rabbah and My Life in Midrash
2 The Beautiful Captive: The Rabbinic Imagination, the Greco-Roman Novel, and the Dangerous Gentile Female
3 Ancient Jewish Interpretation of the Song of Songs in a Comparative Context
4 On Comparative Biblical Exegesis—Interpretation, Influence, Appropriation
5 Anthology and Polysemy in Classical Midrash
6 The Fables of the Jews: From the Hebrew Bible Through Rabbinic Literature
7 On Canonization in Rabbinic Literature
8 The First Jewish Books and the Early History of Jewish Reading
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