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Steven fraade henry koerner center for emeritus faculty. This book examines torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. Steven d fraade annotation examines torah and its interpretation as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic community. Unlike his previous book from tradition to commentary.

Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy, a systematic analysis of a one midrashic work, legal fictions is an anthology of essays written by the author over a long period of time. Preisraelite hero and history in postbiblical interpretation 1984 and from tradition to commentary. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy1991. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteonomy albany, 1991 r. Confucian commentary and chinese intellectual history. Offers a unique approach combining traditional philological, literary, and. See especially elliot wolfson, beautiful maiden without eyes. Legal fictions studies of law and narrative in the discursive. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their complex intersection. Robbing from a gentile is viewed more strictly than robbing from an israelitebecause of profanation of the divine name. Written by awardwinning author brendan kiely, the book uses a dual narrative structure to explore not only rape culture but also.

Fraade, from tradition to commentary fraade s book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. This volume of essays is concerned with ancient and modern jewish and christian views of the revelation at sinai. He examines their literary dynamic and historical meaning. Looking for legal midrash orion center dead sea scrolls. Commentaries tend to be more direct and express the commentators views regarding the book. The latter volume won the 1992 national jewish book award for the best. And, as confucianism came to be identified over the course of the imperial period with the chinese cultural tradition par excellence, the writing of interlinear commentary on the canon of texts became a standard, even dominant, mode of scholarly and philosophical discourse for chinese literati. This book considers the early history of jewishchristian relations focussing on traditions about the fallen angels. Dual morality in the talmud polishjewish relations. Religious worlds of the first judaic milennium, 2nd edition 2006, and several volumes of rabbinic translation and commentary.

Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy suny series in judaism. Steven fraade, author of from tradition to commentary. Fraades recent book, a commentary on midrash sifre to. They are jewish and christian thinkers who, without melding their different religious traditions and scholarly methods, have developed complementary responses to what they believe. Because the pesharim were among the first of the dss discovered and published, because of their allusions to events and persons in the sects history, and because of their significance for the history of biblical interpretation. Confucian commentary and chinese intellectual history the. Legal fictions studies of law and narrative in the. They are jewish and christian thinkers who, without melding their different religious traditions and scholarly methods, have developed complementary responses to what they believe is wrong with modem scholarship in judaism or christianity. A tannaitic commentary on the book of deuteronomy new haven, 1986 w.

The contributions to the volume, written by colleagues and former students of professor fraade, reflect many of his scholarly interests. An accessible introduction to the complex rabbinic corpus and the historicalinterpretive and culturecritical issues that surround it. The return to scripture in judaism and christianity. The cambridge companion to the talmud and rabbinic. Fallen angels and the history of judaism and christianity. The book of lvioses what precisely was the nature and extent of moses intermediary. From tradition to commentary torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy. The theme is highlighted in studies on the dead sea scrolls, paul, josephus, rabbinic literature, art and philosophy. This volume is a festschrift in honor of steven fraade, the mark taper professor of the history of judaism at yale university.

A tannaitic commentary on the book of deuteronomy new haven, 1986, p. Rewritten bible and rabbinic midrash as commentary. Works of philosophy written in english have, it is true, spawned a massive secondary literature dealing with the ideas. The scholars who have contributed to this volume of essays also inspired it. Pdf on steven fraade, from tradition to commentary peter. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy albany. Talmon, oral tradition and written transmission, or the heard and the seen word in judaism of the second temple period, in jesus and the oral gospel tradition, ed. Nonetheless, many textual examples in legal fictions draw on. We focused our attention on the sifres commentary on the. The cambridge companion to the talmud and rabbinic literature. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy 1991. The foregoing teaching appears not only in the talmud, but in other rabbinical literature.

Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to. He deciphers midrashic units as wholes rather than as isolated small units. Fraade s recent book, a commentary on midrash sifre to. Textual reasoning, modernity, and the limits of history. Standing at the conclusion of the book that follows, i can barely recall when and how it began.

Before the bible the liturgical body and the formation of scriptures in early judaism judith h. Fraade, from tradition to commentary albany, 1991, pp. I first engaged, in a serious way, the sifres commentary on the book of deuteronomy during the 19751976 academic year in a midrash text seminar taught byjudah goldin at the university of pennsylvania, where i was then a graduate student. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy, by steven d. It depends on whose ox is gored the foregoing teaching appears not only in the talmud, but in other rabbinical literature. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy albany, n. You can find book commentaries in magazines and online. Fraades book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. This book examines torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in. Steven fraade yale macmillan center council on middle. Tzvee zahavy department of classical and near eastern studies university of minnesota from tradition to commentary. In addition, author fraade quotes from talmud baba qamma 4. Fraade, from tradition to commentary fraades book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. He teaches courses on rabbinic literature, the history of second temple and early rabbinic judaism, and the dead sea scrolls.

Fraade examines the commentarys representation of revelation and its reception at mt. The storytelling of the rabbis, by howard schwartz oxford university press, 1998. Isbn 0 7914 0495 1 in journal for the study of judaism. Writing and oral tradition in palestinian judaism, 200 bce400 ce 2001, early judaism. Fraade judaism, yale studies ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the. The keeping quilt by patricia polacco, memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden, things fall apart by chinua achebe, bringing in. Pdf on steven fraade, from tradition to commentary. Sinai, with particular attention to its fractured refiguration and interrelation of scripture, tradition, and history. Steven fraade yale macmillan center council on middle east.

This is a common question in interpreting midrashic commentary as a. The book of deuteronomy is presented as moses paraphrastic reprise of. Promotes a new thesis stressing the openended character of scriptures in the hellenisticroman era. Peshat and sod in zoharic hermeneutics, in the midrashic imagination.

Fraade judaism, yale studies ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in. Commentary and tradition by pierluigi donini overdrive. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion fraade, steven d. The contributions demonstrate that sinai, as the location of the revelation, soon became less significant than the narratives that developed about what happened there. Strack and stemberger, oral and written tradition, introduction, 3144. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy suny series in judaica. The lesson i draw from fraades book although fraade himself may not be prepared to draw it is that these scholars succeed in capturing the dialogic character. Fraade examines the commentary s representation of revelation and its reception at mt. Barry smith preprint of paper published in american philosophical quarterly, 28. The scholarly credentials of the contributors are exceedingly high. The volume collects the most important papers pierluigi donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of posthellenistic philosophy.

In the book of the watchers, an enochic apocalypse from the third century bce, the sons of god of gen 6. Talmudic dual morality elaborated polishjewish relations. The latter volume won the 1992 national jewish book award for the best book of jewish scholarship. The volume is divided into three sections, one on second temple literature and its afterlife, a second on rabbinic literature and rabbinic. Steven fraade teaches courses on rabbinic literature, the history of second. Written by awardwinning author brendan kiely, the book uses a dual narrative structure to explore not only rape culture but also class and privilege and how these are. Introduction sifre devarim stroum center for jewish studies. Popular tradition books meet your next favorite book. The philosophical relevance of posthellenistic philosophy is now widely. Dr fraade examines how several classical exegetical traditions have. Rabbinic views on the practice of targum, and multilingualism in the jewish galilee of the thirdsixth centuries, in the galilee. Steven fraade is the mark taper professor of the history of judaism, and the past chair of yale universitys language study committee. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy, by stephen fraade suny press, 1991. Ancient and contemporary what characterizes jewish tradition, perhaps more than anything else, and establishes continuity from the hebrew bible through rabbinic judaism to modern jewish denominations, is the emphasis on the need for constant cautious interpretation of the bible in order for it to remain relevant.

Parents need to know that tradition is a contemporary novel about two seniors one female, one male at a prestigious new england boarding school where toxic masculinity and sexismsexual assault go hand in hand. Proceedings of the eighth international symposium of the orion center for the study of the dead sea scrolls and associated literature, 79 january, 2003, ed. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy eliav uses his impressive knowledge of talmud, the bible, archeology, languages, rabbinic texts, the classics and patristic literature to debunk the notion that the temple mount was a sacred space for ancient jews and. He is a former guggenheim fellow and the author of from tradition to commentary, winner of the 1992 national. Unlike competing studies, these erudite essays by respected scholars are shaped by the latest findings in anthroplogy, oral tradition, folklore, the grecoroman classics, and sociology. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy steven d. He regularly offers seminars on midrashic, mishnaic, and talmudic texts, and topics in ancient jewish history.