Studies in Ancient Midrash

by James L. Kugel, Gary A. Anderson (Contributor), A. I. Baumgarten (Contributor)

Studies in Ancient Midrash is the proceedings of a conference, held at Harvard University, surveying the beginnings of ancient biblical interpretation. Essays include "Ancient Biblical Interpretation and the Biblical Sage," by James Kugel; "Literacy and the Polemics Surrounding Biblical Interpretation," by A. I. Baumgarten; "Garments of Skin, Garments of Glory," by Gary Anderson; "Leave the Dead to Bury Their Own Dead," by Menahem Kister; "Contours of Genesis Interpretation at Qumran," by Moshe Bernstein; "Qohelet's Reception and Interpretation," by Marc Hirshman; "Law, Morality and Rhetoric in Some Sayings of Jesus," by Menahem Kister; and "Biblical Interpretation in Some Qumran Prayers and Hymns," by James Kugel.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published February 11, 2001

Reviews

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The articles in this book are hit or miss. Some are too narrow and of interest only to specialists. Some are too haphazard. However, the introductory essay and the one on the debate over the canonization of Qohelet are excellent.