Table of Contents (v) Introduction (1) Pseudo-Philo and the Pharisees: A Look at the Prehistory of Rabbinic Judaism ZEV FARBER (5) Weeping at the Aqedah KRISTEN LINDBECK (29) The Aqedah in the Bavli: An Analysis of Sanhedrin 89b MATTHEW HASS (39) 'Scripture Interprets Itself' in Rashbam's Torah Commentary JONATHAN JACOBS (57) "At that Time Jerusalem shall be Called the Throne of the Lord" (Jer 3:17): Israel and the Nations in Genesis Rabbah 5, Leviticus Rabbah 10, and Pesiqta de-Rab Kahana 20 JOHANNA ERZBERGER (85) Midrash and Metalepsis in Genesis Rabbah: A Reappraisal of Rabbinic Atomism NICHOLAS J. SCHASER (107) Leah: The "Lost Matriarch" in Genesis Rabbah KATIE J. WOOLSTENHULME (133) The Contradictory Philosophical Lessons of the Parable of the Lame and the Blind Guards in Various Rabbinic Midrashim LIEVE M. TEUGELS (153).
From Creation to Redemption : Progressive Approaches to Midrash - Proceedings of the Midrash Section, Society of Biblical Literature