Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Yael Fisch -- Copyright page / Yael Fisch -- Dedication / Yael Fisch -- Acknowledgments / Yael Fisch -- Introduction / Yael Fisch -- Chapter 1 Scripture Reconceived / Yael Fisch -- Chapter 2 Hagar and Sarah / Yael Fisch -- Chapter 3 Veiling and Unveiling / Yael Fisch -- Conclusion / Yael Fisch -- Appendix Locations of Midrash-Pesher Homilies in Tannaitic Literature / Yael Fisch -- References / Yael Fisch -- Index of Ancient Texts / Yael Fisch -- Index of Subjects / Yael Fisch.

This volume re-introduces Paul into the study of midrash. Though Paul writes and interprets scripture in Greek and the Tannaim in Hebrew, and despite grave methodological difficulties in claiming direct and substantial cultural contact between these literary traditions, this book argues that Paul is a crucial source for the study of rabbinic midrash and vice versa. Fisch offers fresh perspectives on reading practices that Paul and the Tannaim uniquely share; on Paul’s concept of nomos , and its implications on the reconstructed history of the Tannaitic twofold-Torah, Oral and Written; on the relationship between allegory and midrash as hermeneutical systems; and on competing conceptualizations of ideal readers.

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