STUDIES IN ANCIENT MIDRASH
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Univ Press, 2001. First Edition. Item #11110
200 pages; ISBN 0-674-00258-XReligion & Spirituality : Christianity : Reference : Criticism & Interpreta tion : Old Testament Studies in Ancient Midrash is the proceedings of a conference, held at Harv ard University, surveying the beginnings of ancient biblical interpretation . Essays include "Ancient Biblical Interpretation and the Biblical Sage, " b y James Kugel; "Literacy and the Polemics Surrounding Biblical Interpretati on, " by A. I. Baumgarten; "Garments of Skin, Garments of Glory, " by Gary An derson; "Leave the Dead to Bury Their Own Dead, " by Menahem Kister; "Contou rs of Genesis Interpretation at Qumran, " by Moshe Bernstein; "Qohelet's Rec eption and Interpretation, " by Marc Hirshman; "Law, Morality and Rhetoric I n Some Sayings of Jesus, " by Menahem Kister; and "Biblical Interpretation I n some Qumran Prayers and Hymns, " by James Kugel. New Condition.
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