Title Sustain me with raisin-cakes : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism / by Rachel A. Anisfeld

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) : illustrations Series Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 133 Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 133. 1384-2161 Contents Introductions -- Pesikta deRav Kahana (PRK) on its own -- PRK in relation to what came before : Tannaitic comparisons -- PRK in historical context Summary Through close textual analysis as well as a study of historical and literary context, this book shows how the amoraic midrashic collection Pesikta deRav Kahana developed a fresh homiletical language in an age of religious outreach and persuasion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and indexes Notes Print version record SUBJECT Pesikta de-Rav Kahana. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85212975 Midrash -- History and criticism Pesikta de-Rav Kahana fast Pessach-Haggada gnd Pesikta de-Rav Kahana gnd Haggada. swd Subject Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings. Midrash Rabbinical literature Judentum Midrasch Rabbinismus Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047442288 9047442288 1282603035 9781282603035

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