Description: PorterMonkey presents ... The Midrash on Proverbs (Yale Judaica Series) ISBN:0300051077 Author:Burton L. Visotzky [Translator] Publisher:Yale University Press Release Date:1992-02-26 Seller Category:JUDAISM, KABBALAH Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Very Good Sku: 2922VG102424H7 Notes: First Print. 1992, Yale Univ Press. Text is clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Hard Cover. Dust jacket has one small closed tear top of spine, otherwise is clean and bright with light edge/shelf wear. Binding and cover boards are clean, solid, square. Photos are of the actual item you will receive. Ships quickly and with care. -- Burton L. Visotzky's translation of the Midrash on Proverbs makes this ninth-century rabbinical commentary accessible in English for the first time. It features verse-by-verse analysis and explores themes like Jewish law and mysticism, appealing to both scholars and general readers. Description:The Midrash on Proverbs, a ninth-century collection of rabbinical commentary on the Book of Proverbs, is now available to English-speaking audiences for the first time. Burton L. Visotzky here provides a lucid translation of the work from his annotated critical edition of the Hebrew text, Midrash Mishle. Midrash Mishle is a watershed in midrashic literature, as it marks the point at which broader forms of classical midrash on the Scriptures gave way to verse-by-verse commentary. It is unlike most earlier midrash in that it regularly pays attention to context, relates verses to each other, provides comments on apparently simple meanings of verses, and philologically considers the meaning of specific terms. At the same time, it resembles earlier midrash by considering narrative legends―offering, for example, fanciful versions of Solomon's meeting with the Queen of Sheba, the death of Moses, and Joseph's encounter with his brothers. It also alludes to medieval Jewish law and custom, anti-Karaite polemic, and rabbinic mysticism (with its esoteric speculations on such subjects as the measurements of God's body).Visotzky's volume illuminates all these subjects for the scholar and nonspecialist alike in a prose translation that mirrors the style of the original Midrash Mishle text. His introduction to the volume sets it in the wider context of Jewish hermeneutics of the Bible. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Book Series: Midrash Proverbs, Visotzky, Hebrew, Judaism, Jewish, Jewish relig
Topic: Midrash Proverbs, Visotzky, Hebrew, Judaism, Jewish, Jewish relig
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Book Title: The Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works: The
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Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Name: Midrash on Proverbs
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subject: Judaism / Sacred Writings, Judaism / History
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 1992
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Burton L. Visotzky
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Religion
Series: Yale Judaica Ser.
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Format: Hardcover
