Scripture as Logos
Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash

Azzan Yadin

2004 | 248 pages | Cloth $69.95
Religion | History

Table of Contents

Preface. Legal Midrash
Introduction. On the Hermeneutical Dimension of Midrash Halakhah

Chapter 1. Torah and Ha-Katuv
Chapter 2. Inaction and Attention
Chapter 3. Freedom and Restraint in Midrash Halakhah: Hermeneutical Markedness
Chapter 4. The Role of Reader I
Chapter 5. The Role of Reader II: Middot
Chapter 6. Presponsive Torah
Chapter 7. Rabbi Ishmael and the Rabbis
Chapter 8. The Non-Rabbinic Landscape

Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments