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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458812103321

Autore

Anisfeld Rachel A

Titolo

Sustain me with raisin-cakes [[electronic resource] ] : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism / / by Rachel A. Anisfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60303-5

9786612603037

90-474-4228-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, , 1384-2161 ; ; v. 133

Disciplina

296.1/406

Soggetti

Midrash - History and criticism

Rabbinical literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Molteplice

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2004 under title: Rabbinic preachers and their audiences in the Amoraic midrashim Pesikta derav Kahana and Leviticus rabbah.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introductions -- Pesikta deRav Kahana (PRK) on its own -- PRK in relation to what came before : Tannaitic comparisons -- PRK in historical context.

Sommario/riassunto

History and literature come together in a new way in this study of the midrashic collection Pesikta deRav Kahana. The book combines the findings of rabbinic historians and early Christianity scholars with a close reading of this midrashic text on its own and in relation to the tannaitic midrashim which preceded it. The rich picture that emerges suggests that PRK, in its new homiletical and aggadic stance, develops a religious language more appealing and accessible to the masses, an outreach language meant to win rabbinic popularity. Exploring issues of power and rhetoric, the book also places PRK’s outreach language into the cultural context of the imperialism of Roman Christian homily.