The theological foundations of rabbinic midrash

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    • Neusner, Jacob

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The theological foundations of rabbinic midrash

Jacob Neusner

(Studies in Judaism)

University Press of America, c2006

  • : pbk.

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A theological system and structure form foundations of, and are realized in detail by, the Rabbinic Midrash. That system, comprised by active category formations, turns facts into knowledge and knowledge into propositions of a theological character. The structure embodies the paradigm that solves new problems. So, the Rabbinic Midrash exegesis pertaining to theological matters proves coherent. Rabbinic Midrash follows a cogent theological program and sets forth an orderly theological construction. This work defines the principal parts of the theological system that animated the Rabbinic sages encounter with Scripture as embodied in the Rabbinic Midrash; and shows how these parts form a theological system.

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Chapter 1 1. The Theological Category-Formations of Rabbinic Midrash [1]: God and Man, God and Israel Part 1 Preface Chapter 2 2. The Theological Category Formations of Rabbinic Midrash [2]: God, Israel, and the Nations Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 3. The Theological Category-Formations of Rabbinic Midrash [3]: God's Justice and God's Misery Part 3 Part One. The Common Theology of Rabbinic Midrash Chapter 4 4. The Theological Category-Formations of Rabbinic Midrash [4]: God's Judgment, Israel's Repentance and Atonement, God's Remorse, Israel's Consolation Chapter 5 5. The Theological Category-Formations of Rabbinic Midrash [5]: Restoration, The End of Days Part 5 Part Three. Midrash-Compilations without Conventional Theological Category-Formations Chapter 6 6. Special Cases: Theological Category-Formations Particular to a Single Document Part 9 Part Two. The Special Cases and General Conceptions Chapter 11 7. The Implicit Theological Foundations of Sifra Chapter 13 8. Midrash Without Theology: Sifre to Numbers Part 14 Part Four: Rabbinic Judaism: The Theological Construction Chapter 15 9. The Place of the Rabbinic Midrash-Compilations in the Encompassing

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