Between Narrative and Exegesis: מיד inn Midrash Genesis Rabbah

Shawn Zelig Aster

doi:https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvd7w75b.11

Between Narrative and Exegesis: מיד inn Midrash Genesis Rabbah

Shawn Zelig Aster

Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology

Bar-Ilan University

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Abstract

Rabbinic exegetical narratives both interpret the biblical text and, in the process, create original narrative.¹ Joshua Levinson noted that these narratives, many of which are found in the compilations of aggadic midrashim, are characterized by “this synergy of narrative and exegesis.”²

This essay examines this balance or synergy by examining the use of the term מיד in Midrash Genesis Rabbah and in several subsequent and related works. This term illustrates how, in Genesis Rabbah, the exegetical imperative often exercises decisive influence on the formulation of the narrative

Original language	English
Title of host publication	To Fix Torah in Their Hearts:
Subtitle of host publication	Essays on Biblical Interpretation and Jewish Studies in Honor of B. Barry Levy
Editors	Jaqueline S. du Toit, Jason Kalman, Hartley Lachter, Vanessa R. Sasson
Place of Publication	Cincinnati, OH
Pages	145-170
Number of pages	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvd7w75b.11
State	Published - 1 Nov 2018

RAMBI publications

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Bible -- Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Bible -- Hermeneutics
Hebrew language, Talmudic -- Terms and phrases
Midrash rabbah -- Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

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