The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha by Adelman, Rachel

The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha (Leather) (ISBN-13: 9789004170490)

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The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha by Adelman, Rachel

The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha

$214.00
The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha by Adelman, Rachel

The Return of the Repressed: Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha

$214.00
Format: Leather
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This study analyzes mythic narratives, found in the 8th century midrashic text Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), that were excluded, or 'repressed', from the rabbinic canon, while preserved in the Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple period. Examples include the role of the Samael (i.e. Satan) in the Garden of Eden, the myth of the Fallen Angels, Elijah as zealot, and Jonah as a Messianic figure. The questions are why these exegetical traditions were excluded, in what context did they resurface, and how did the author have access to these apocryphal texts. The book addresses the assumptions that underlie classic rabbinic literature and later breaches of that exegetical tradition in PRE, while engaging in a study of the genre, dating, and status of PRE as apocalyptic eschatology.

Author: Rachel Adelman
ISBN-10: 9004170499
ISBN-13: 9789004170490
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/23/2009
Pages: 358
Format: Leather
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.70h x 6.50w x 1.00d
By Rachel Adelman
By Rachel Adelman
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Rachel Adelman, (Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2008) was a post-doctoral fellow in Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto in 2007-2008. She now teaches Bible and Rabbinics at Miami University, Ohio, and also lectures widely abroad.

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