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

• Autore: Anisfeld Rachel A
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.1/406
• Soggetto topico: Midrash - History and criticism; Rabbinical literature - History and criticism
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustain me with raisin-cakes
• ISBN: 1-282-60303-5; 9786612603037; 90-474-4228-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Molteplice
• Record Nr.: 9910816472403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; ; v. 133.