Midrash Unbounded
Transformations and Innovations
About the authors
Michael Fishbane is Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, an elected fellow of the American Academy for Jewish Research and holder of a Lifetime Award for Textual Studies from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture in America.
Joanna Weinberg is Reader in Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford and Catherine Lewis Fellow in Rabbinics at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Philip Alexander, Marc Bregman, Sebastian Brock, Michael Cohen, Jacob Elbaum, Michael Fishbane, Eleazar Gutwirth, Robert Hayward, William Horbury, Ephraim Karnafogel, Naphtali Loewenthal, Ivan Marcus, Alison Salvesen, Chava Turniansky, Piet van Boxel, Joanna Weinberg, Elliot Wolfson, Eli Yassif
Publication details
| Format | 23.5 x 15.5 cm / 6" x 9" |
| Pages | 320 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-904113-71-9 |
| Price | £35.00 / $49.50 |
| Date of publication | April 2012 |
Contents
Piet van Boxel
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Midrash and New Testament
Robert Hayward
University of Durham
Midrash and Targum
Alison Salvesen
University of Oxford
Midrash and Patristics
Sebastian Brock
University of Oxford
Midrash and Syriac Poetry
Philip Alexander
Manchester University
Pesiqta Rabbati (Late Midrash)
Marc Bregman
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Tanhuma Literature (Late Midrash)
Michael Fishbane
University of Chicago
Midrash and Jewish Liturgy (Piyyut)
Joanna Weinberg
University of Oxford
Midrash and Rabbinic Lexicography (Arukh)
William Horbury
University of Cambridge
Midrash and Anti-Christian Polemic (Toledot Jeshu)
Eli Yassif
Tel Aviv University
Midrash and Medieval Narrative
Ivan Marcus
Yale University
Midrash and Medieval Historiography
Michael Cohen
Yeshiva University
Midrash and Jewish Exegesis (Philosophy and Commentaries)
Ephraim Karnafogel
Yeshiva University
Midrash and the Tosafists
Elliot Wolfson
New York University
Midrash and Mysticism (the Zoharic Tradition)
Eleazar Gutwirth
Tel Aviv Univeristy
Midrash and Late-Medieval Hebrew Sermons (the Spanish context)
Jacob Elbaum
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and Chava Turniansky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Midrash and Popular Literature (Tsena Rena)
Naphtali Loewenthal
University College London
Midrash and Hasidic literature (Habad)