Preface Part 1 The Rabbinic Work Pesiqta Rabbati 1 The Structure of Pesiqta Rabbati 1 The Text Gestalt of Pesiqta Rabbati 2 The Integrative Meta-Narrative in Pesiqta Rabbati 3 Internal and External Constraints 4 Text-Linguistic Analysis 5 Form Analysis: Problems in the Texts and Linguistic Gap-Filling 6 The System as a Whole: A Global Theory of Pesiqta Rabbati Homilies 7 Conclusion2 A Comparison of Pesiqta Rabbati 29/30, Naamu, and Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana 16, Naamu, based on Two Manuscripts from Parma 1 The Location of the Naamu Homily in MSParma 32543 Pesiqta Rabbati : Text Types and Small Literary Forms in a Rabbinic Homily 1 The Rabbinic Homily 2 A Mashal in Pesiqta Rabbati 3 A Global Theory of the Narrative ( Aggadah ) in Rabbinic Homilies 4 Conclusion4 Pesiqta Rabbati : Redaction and Canonization Part 2 Religious Themes 5 Midrashic Apocalypticism in Pesiqta Rabbati 1 Previous Scholarship on the Apocalypse in Pesiqta Rabbati 2 Midrash and Apocalypse 3 The Religious Context of Pesiqta Rabbati 4 The Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple 5 Conclusion6 The Midrashim for anukkah: Survey and Sample Analysis 7 The Messiah in Pesiqta Rabbati 1 Conclusion8 Pesiqta Rabbati and The Revelation to John : The Culture of Apocalypticism 1 Apocalyptic Thought as a Shared Cultural Expression of First-Century Jews and Christians 2 Apocalypses Available to Pesiqta Rabbati 3 The Apocalypse in the Book of Revelation 4 Shared Characteristic of Apocalyptic Tropes in Pesiqta Rabbati and The Revelation to John 5 The Progression of the Apocalypse 6 The Apocalyptic Messiah in Pesiqta Rabbati and in The Revelation to John 7 The Destruction of Jerusalem, the Evil Forces, and the Demise of the Beast or Satan 8 The New Jerusalem and the Pearly Gate 9 Conclusion Part 3 Psalms and Prophets 9 Psalm 22 in Pesiqta Rabbati : The Suffering of the Jewish Messiah Ephraim and the Suffering of the Christian Messiah 1 Psalm 22 in the Hebrew Bible 2 Second Temple Period 3 Christian Texts and Tannaitic Literature 4 Animal Imagery in Psalm 22 5 Psalm 22 (LXX 21) and the Crucifixion of Jesus 6 Additional Significant Lemmata from Psalm 22 in New Testament and Rabbinic Interpretations 7 Conclusion10 Isaiah in Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana and Pesiqta Rabbati 1 Pesiqta Rabbati and Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana as Identifiable Rabbinic Works 2 A Description of Homiletic Midrash in which Isaiah Quotations Appear 3 The Liturgical Calendar as Reflected in the Homilies and Their Religious Messages 4 Conclusion Part 4 History and Midrash 11 Pesiqta Rabbati in Eleventh-Century France 1 Citations of Pesiqta Rabbati 2 Additional Homilies 3 Methodology: Borderlands Theory 4 Narbonne as a Center of Jewish Scholarly Activity in the Eleventh Century 5 Quotations from Pesiqta Rabbati in Bereshit Rabbati 6 Conclusion12 The Jerusalem Temple in Pesiqta Rabbati : From Creation to Apocalypse 1 The Integrative Meta-Narrative of Pesiqta Rabbati 2 Creation and the Temple 3 The Site of the Temple and Its Construction 4 The Temple Dedications 5 The Temple Service, the Direction of Prayer, and Liturgical Aspects 6 The Destruction of the Temple 7 Julian the Apostate''s Attempt to Rebuild the Jerusalem Temple 8 The Mourners of Zion, the Request to Rebuild the Temple, and the Time of Redemption 9 The Western Wall, the Roof of the Temple, and the Temple of the Future 10 Conclusion13 Inscribing History in Midrash: The Campaign of Sennacherib 1 Methods 2 Hezekiah''s and Sennacherib''s Preparations for the Siege of Jerusalem 3 Hezekiah''s Prayer 4 The Instrumentality of an Angel in the Defeat of Sennacherib 5 Hezekiah and Isaiah 6 The Assyrian Exile and the Ten Tribes 7 Sennacherib''s Escape 8 Conclusion14 Ancient Egypt and Roman Palestine: A Dialectical Relationship between History and Homiletic Midrash 1 Theories and Methodological Considerations 2 Historical Elements related to the Land of Israel 3 The Time Cycle 4 Conclusion Part 5 Midrashic Theories 15 Pesiqta Rabbati as Mentioned by Leopold Zunz 1 Education and Spiritual Growth 2 The History of Culture 3 Criticism of Zunz 4 The Bible and Interpretation 5 The Lasting Impact of Zunz16 The Boundaries of Midrash 1 The Chain of Tradition 2 Midrashic Works 3 Theological Concerns 4 Sociological Considerations 5 Midrash as a Distinctly Rabbinic Approach to the Bible 6 Playfulness: Midrash as a Game 7 Limited Rules of Interpretation 8 Semiotic Underpinnings of Midrash 9 The Absence of Theoretically Framed Evaluation Procedures 10 Conclusion Part 6 Hebrew Manuscripts 17 Rabbinic Texts: Moving from a Synoptic to a Critical Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati 18 Some Questions in Respect to the Editing of Hebrew Manuscripts Appendix19 Manuscript Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati 1 Origins in the Land of Israel 2 The Textual Identity of Pesiqta Rabbati in the Middle Ages 3 The Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati 4 Pesiqta Rabbati Textual Witnesses 5 A Text-Linguistic Analysis and Literary Criticism of the Rabbinic Homily Applied to the Fragments of Pesiqta Rabbati 6 A Comparative List of Pesiqta Rabbati Homilies 7 The Cairo Genizah Fragments in the Context of Other Textual Witnesses 8 Conclusion Part 7 Legal Texts 20 The Halakhic Part of the Yelammedenu in Pesiqta Rabbati 1 The Relationship between the Yelammedenu and Other Rabbinic Texts 2 The Literary Framework of the Yelammedenu 3 Specific Characteristics of the Yelammedenu in Rabbinic Homilies 4 Conclusion 5 Appendix21 A Yelammedenu Unit in Pesiqta Rabbati and Midrash Tanuma : A Text-Linguistic Inquiry 1 The Yelammedenu and the Rabbinic Homily 2 Sources of the Yelammedenu Units 3 Text Type 4 The Halakhic Part of the Yelammedenu Tanuma , Bereshit 5 The Aggadic Part of the Yelammedenu 6 The Location of the Yelammedenu in the Homily 7 Textual Analysis 8 Midrash Tanuma , Naso 29-30 9 Tanuma , Buber edition, Naso 34 10 Conclusion 1 Secondary Sources 2 Dictionaries, Codices, Lexica, Encyclopedias Bibliography Index.