The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the same type of material that is found in introductions to medieval rabbinic Bible commentaries. Th

"The opening sections of some exegetical Midrashim deal with the issues of authorship and inspiration, time of composition, historical setting, genre, methods o

In A Philosopher of Scripture: The Exegesis and Thought of Tanḥum ha-Yerushalmi, Raphael Dascalu presents a detailed intellectual portrait of Tanḥum ha-Yeru

"Judaism is often described as the religion of the book par excellence - a religious movement built around the study of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible and s

The contributions compiled in this volume comprise studies of Jewish texts - biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern - as well as of patristic and medieval Chr