Daily Archives: September 23, 2009

The Nations Against Fornication

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Jacob Neusner, Invitation to Midrash: The Workings of Rabbinic Bible Interpretation (Atlanta: Scholars, 1998) 120. Genesis Rabbah was completed around 400 C.E. Neusner quotes Genesis Rabbah 70:12, which is interpreting Genesis 29:11. Genesis 29:11 states that Jacob kissed Rachel and … Continue reading →

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Dates: The Tannaim and the Amoraim

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

David Stern, “Midrash,” Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought, ed. Arthur Cohen and Paul Mendes-Flohr (New York, 1987) 616-617. The tannaitic collections, called after the tannaim, the sages who lived between 70 C.E. and 220 C.E… …the amoraim, the sages who lived … Continue reading →

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The Bright Spot and Skin Color

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jamesbradfordpate

Jacob Neusner, Invitation to Midrash: The Workings of Rabbinic Bible Interpretation (Atlanta: Scholars, 1998) 73. Neusner discusses a passage from the Sifra (third century C.E.), specifically Negaim 1:4. The topic is the laws in Leviticus about the leper, or whatever … Continue reading →

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