Inner-Midrashic Introductions to the Interpretation of Individual Biblical Books and Their Influence on the Form and Themes of Introductions to Medieval Rabbinic Bible Commentaries

Download or read book Inner-Midrashic Introductions to the Interpretation of Individual Biblical Books and Their Influence on the Form and Themes of Introductions to Medieval Rabbinic Bible Commentaries written by Michel Distefano and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the issues of authorship and inspiration, time of composition, historical setting, genre, methods of interpretation, themes, and literary forms and unity of their biblical book. This is the same type of material that is found in the introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries (written in Hebrew). In the Midrashim, this phenomenon occurs within the midrashic comments on 1:1, as opposed to outside the scriptural verse order in a separate introduction like the commentaries. Therefore, I have designated it by the phrase "Inner-Midrashic Introduction."" --