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Steven fraade, author of from tradition to commentary. Fraade, from tradition to commentary fraades book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. The latter volume won the 1992 national jewish book award for the best book of jewish scholarship. The cambridge companion to the talmud and rabbinic literature. The latter volume won the 1992 national jewish book award for the best. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy 1991. Ancient and contemporary what characterizes jewish tradition, perhaps more than anything else, and establishes continuity from the hebrew bible through rabbinic judaism to modern jewish denominations, is the emphasis on the need for constant cautious interpretation of the bible in order for it to remain relevant. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy suny series in judaica. The volume collects the most important papers pierluigi donini wrote in the last three decades with the aim of promoting a better assessment of posthellenistic philosophy. Dual morality in the talmud polishjewish relations. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy. The philosophical relevance of posthellenistic philosophy is now widely.

Pdf on steven fraade, from tradition to commentary. Religious worlds of the first judaic milennium, 2nd edition 2006, and several volumes of rabbinic translation and commentary. Isbn 0 7914 0495 1 in journal for the study of judaism. Introduction sifre devarim stroum center for jewish studies. Tzvee zahavy department of classical and near eastern studies university of minnesota from tradition to commentary. I first engaged, in a serious way, the sifres commentary on the book of deuteronomy during the 19751976 academic year in a midrash text seminar taught byjudah goldin at the university of pennsylvania, where i was then a graduate student. He deciphers midrashic units as wholes rather than as isolated small units. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their complex intersection.

Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy albany, n. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy, by stephen fraade suny press, 1991. Robbing from a gentile is viewed more strictly than robbing from an israelitebecause of profanation of the divine name. Fraade judaism, yale studies ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the. An accessible introduction to the complex rabbinic corpus and the historicalinterpretive and culturecritical issues that surround it. Fraade s recent book, a commentary on midrash sifre to. Legal fictions studies of law and narrative in the discursive. Standing at the conclusion of the book that follows, i can barely recall when and how it began. This volume of essays is concerned with ancient and modern jewish and christian views of the revelation at sinai. Because the pesharim were among the first of the dss discovered and published, because of their allusions to events and persons in the sects history, and because of their significance for the history of biblical interpretation. Talmudic dual morality elaborated polishjewish relations. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteonomy albany, 1991 r.

Written by awardwinning author brendan kiely, the book uses a dual narrative structure to explore not only rape culture but also class and privilege and how these are. Fraade examines the commentary s representation of revelation and its reception at mt. Promotes a new thesis stressing the openended character of scriptures in the hellenisticroman era. Talmon, oral tradition and written transmission, or the heard and the seen word in judaism of the second temple period, in jesus and the oral gospel tradition, ed. This book examines torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy albany. Steven d fraade annotation examines torah and its interpretation as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic community.

It depends on whose ox is gored the foregoing teaching appears not only in the talmud, but in other rabbinical literature. From tradition to commentary torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy eliav uses his impressive knowledge of talmud, the bible, archeology, languages, rabbinic texts, the classics and patristic literature to debunk the notion that the temple mount was a sacred space for ancient jews and. Barry smith preprint of paper published in american philosophical quarterly, 28. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy steven d. Confucian commentary and chinese intellectual history the. Commentary and tradition by pierluigi donini overdrive. Popular tradition books meet your next favorite book. The lesson i draw from fraades book although fraade himself may not be prepared to draw it is that these scholars succeed in capturing the dialogic character.

This book examines torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in. Fraade, from tradition to commentary albany, 1991, pp. The book of lvioses what precisely was the nature and extent of moses intermediary. This volume is a festschrift in honor of steven fraade, the mark taper professor of the history of judaism at yale university. The keeping quilt by patricia polacco, memoirs of a geisha by arthur golden, things fall apart by chinua achebe, bringing in. Hermeneutics, mysticism, and religion fraade, steven d. He regularly offers seminars on midrashic, mishnaic, and talmudic texts, and topics in ancient jewish history. We focused our attention on the sifres commentary on the. Sinai, with particular attention to its fractured refiguration and interrelation of scripture, tradition, and history. The scholars who have contributed to this volume of essays also inspired it. Looking for legal midrash orion center dead sea scrolls.

Legal fictions studies of law and narrative in the. The return to scripture in judaism and christianity. Confucian commentary and chinese intellectual history. He examines their literary dynamic and historical meaning. Fraades book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. Preisraelite hero and history in postbiblical interpretation 1984 and from tradition to commentary.

A tannaitic commentary on the book of deuteronomy new haven, 1986 w. Pdf on steven fraade, from tradition to commentary peter. Rabbinic views on the practice of targum, and multilingualism in the jewish galilee of the thirdsixth centuries, in the galilee. The book of deuteronomy is presented as moses paraphrastic reprise of. Steven fraade yale macmillan center council on middle east. Rewritten bible and rabbinic midrash as commentary. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy1991. The storytelling of the rabbis, by howard schwartz oxford university press, 1998. Offers a unique approach combining traditional philological, literary, and. This book considers the early history of jewishchristian relations focussing on traditions about the fallen angels. Nonetheless, many textual examples in legal fictions draw on. See especially elliot wolfson, beautiful maiden without eyes.

Fraades recent book, a commentary on midrash sifre to. In addition, author fraade quotes from talmud baba qamma 4. You can find book commentaries in magazines and online. In the book of the watchers, an enochic apocalypse from the third century bce, the sons of god of gen 6. Works of philosophy written in english have, it is true, spawned a massive secondary literature dealing with the ideas. He teaches courses on rabbinic literature, the history of second temple and early rabbinic judaism, and the dead sea scrolls. The theme is highlighted in studies on the dead sea scrolls, paul, josephus, rabbinic literature, art and philosophy. Before the bible the liturgical body and the formation of scriptures in early judaism judith h. Commentaries tend to be more direct and express the commentators views regarding the book. The scholarly credentials of the contributors are exceedingly high. Dr fraade examines how several classical exegetical traditions have. Talmudic dual morality governing jews and the goyim. Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to deuteronomy, by steven d. Writing and oral tradition in palestinian judaism, 200 bce400 ce 2001, early judaism.

Proceedings of the eighth international symposium of the orion center for the study of the dead sea scrolls and associated literature, 79 january, 2003, ed. Fraade judaism, yale studies ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in. Strack and stemberger, oral and written tradition, introduction, 3144. The cambridge companion to the talmud and rabbinic. Fallen angels and the history of judaism and christianity.

Torah and its interpretation in the midrash sifre to. Unlike his previous book from tradition to commentary. Steven fraade teaches courses on rabbinic literature, the history of second. They are jewish and christian thinkers who, without melding their different religious traditions and scholarly methods, have developed complementary responses to what they believe is wrong with modem scholarship in judaism or christianity. Steven fraade is the mark taper professor of the history of judaism, and the past chair of yale universitys language study committee. And, as confucianism came to be identified over the course of the imperial period with the chinese cultural tradition par excellence, the writing of interlinear commentary on the canon of texts became a standard, even dominant, mode of scholarly and philosophical discourse for chinese literati. The contributions demonstrate that sinai, as the location of the revelation, soon became less significant than the narratives that developed about what happened there. This is a common question in interpreting midrashic commentary as a.

Steven fraade yale macmillan center council on middle. Parents need to know that tradition is a contemporary novel about two seniors one female, one male at a prestigious new england boarding school where toxic masculinity and sexismsexual assault go hand in hand. Unlike competing studies, these erudite essays by respected scholars are shaped by the latest findings in anthroplogy, oral tradition, folklore, the grecoroman classics, and sociology. The volume is divided into three sections, one on second temple literature and its afterlife, a second on rabbinic literature and rabbinic. Fraade examines the commentarys representation of revelation and its reception at mt. They are jewish and christian thinkers who, without melding their different religious traditions and scholarly methods, have developed complementary responses to what they believe. Steven fraade henry koerner center for emeritus faculty. Fraade, from tradition to commentary fraade s book discusses selected narrative sections of sifre to deuteronomy. The contributions to the volume, written by colleagues and former students of professor fraade, reflect many of his scholarly interests. A tannaitic commentary on the book of deuteronomy new haven, 1986, p.