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Pesiqta Rabbati: A Synoptic Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Based Upon All Extant Manuscripts and the Editio Princeps, Volume 2 (Studies in Judaism) - Softcover

 
9780761843245: Pesiqta Rabbati: A Synoptic Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Based Upon All Extant Manuscripts and the Editio Princeps, Volume 2 (Studies in Judaism)
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ISBN 10: 0761843248 ISBN 13: 9780761843245
Publisher: University Press of America, 2008

Synopsis

Published here for the first time is volume two of the complete manuscript material of Pesiqta Rabbati, a major rabbinic work from 5th or 6th century Palestine. Pasiqta Rabbati is a religious text that expresses rabbinic, apocalyptic, messianic, gnostic, and mystical traditions. Based upon the annual cycle of biblical passages for the Jewish Holy Days and special sabbaths, the text demonstrates the artful form of the rabbinic homily and the midrash method of scriptural exegesis. All extant Hebrew manuscripts (located in Budapest, Cambridge, New York, Parma, Philadelphia, Rome and Vienna) as well as the 17th century editio princeps are presented here in a synoptic edition, allowing the reader to view the texts in adjacent columns without emendation. The English introduction summarizes the academic research in respect to Pesiqta Rabbati.

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About the Author

Rivka Ulmer is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Judaic Studies at Bucknell University.

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Publisher
University Press of America
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761843248
ISBN 13 
9780761843245
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
526
Editor
Rivka Ulmer