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Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

An Inventory, from Second Temple Texts to the Talmuds

By: Alexander Samely,Philip S. Alexander,Rocco Bernasconi,Robert Hayward

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Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

An Inventory, from Second Temple Texts to the Talmuds

By: Alexander Samely,Philip S. Alexander,Rocco Bernasconi,Robert Hayward

This book presents a new methodology for the study of ancient Jewish literature extant in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. It arises from empirical investigation into the literary structures of many anonymous and pseudepigraphic sources, including Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha of the Old Testament, the larger Dead Sea Scrolls, Midrash, and the Talmuds.

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0199684324

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Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

An Introduction

By: Alexander Samely

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Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

An Introduction

By: Alexander Samely

Surveying the corpus of rabbinic literature, written in Hebrew and Aramaic and which contains the foundations of Judaism, in particular the Talmud, this book explains why the character of the texts is crucial to an understanding of rabbinic thought, and why they pose problems to modern, Western-educated readers.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199296731

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9780199296736

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

By: Alexander Samely

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Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

By: Alexander Samely

This volume offers a systematic and detailed description of early rabbinic hermeneutics as it can be reconstructed from the Mishnah (third century c.e.). Samely clarifies the conditions of a modern appreciation of rabbinic hermeneutics and provides a unified set of concepts for its precise description, based on modern linguistics and philosophy of language. Basic features of rabbinic hermeneutics and its difference from modern historical reading are explained, and a catalogue of recurrent techniques of interpretation is defined.

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0198270313

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Agur's Wisdom and the Coherence of Proverbs 30

By: Alexander T. Kirk

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Agur's Wisdom and the Coherence of Proverbs 30

By: Alexander T. Kirk

In this first in-depth study of Proverbs 30, the Words of Agur, Alexander T. Kirk examines a puzzling text attributed to an unknown figure that has long fascinated scholars. While this material has been read as everything from a devout confession to a cry of despair, few interpreters have found any real coherence in the chapter. In this detailed philological study engaging both genre and tone, Kirk demonstrates that the chapter is best read as a coherent collection that mocks pride and greed while it commends humility and contentment. Kirk draws out many subtle literary features that augment Agur’s message, including humor and animal imagery. Ultimately, Proverbs 30 deepens the presentation of wisdom in the book of Proverbs by orienting it toward a proper relationship with God.

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SBL Press

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1628375671

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Revival: Eothen (1948)

By: Alexander William Kinglake,Henry Romilly Fedden

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Revival: Eothen (1948)

By: Alexander William Kinglake,Henry Romilly Fedden

1948 edition of this popular work, first published in 1844. It presents an entertaining account of the author's Eastern travels. Ostensibly with a view to providing a suggested outline of a tour to the interested reader, the book's portrayal of the internal journey one takes when travelling is as important an aspect of the book's value as is the historical interest it provides.

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Routledge

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1351343769

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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

By: Alexander Jessup

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The Best American Humorous Short Stories

By: Alexander Jessup

The Best American Humorous Short Stories Alexander Jessup - A Different Kind of Humor The Best American Humorous Short Stories is a collection of 19th-century and early 20th-century stories written by the likes of Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, George William Curtis, Bret Harte or O. Henry. These stories aren't humorous in the sense of our modern understanding, they present a different kind of humor like jokes about men who don't wear hats and ridiculous notions about the African-Americans and about women. This Collection Includes: INTRODUCTION Alexander Jessup THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS (1839) George Pope Morris THE ANGEL OF THE ODD (1844) Edgar Allan Poe THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS (1844) Caroline M.S. Kirkland THE WATKINSON EVENING (1846) Eliza Leslie TITBOTTOM'S SPECTACLES (1854) George William Curtis MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME (1859) Edward Everett Hale A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS (1861) Oliver Wendell Holmes THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY (1865) Mark Twain ELDER BROWN'S BACKSLIDE (1885) Harry Stillwell Edwards THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE OF MR. PINK FLUKER (1886) Richard Malcolm Johnston THE NICE PEOPLE (1890) Henry Cuyler Bunner THE BULLER-PODINGTON COMPACT (1897) Frank Richard Stockton COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF (1901) Bret Harte THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES (1902) O. Henry BARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE (1905) George Randolph Chester A CALL (1906) Grace MacGowan Cooke HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON (1911) William James Lampton GIDEON (1914) Wells Hastings

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Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

An Introduction

By: Alexander Samely

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Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

By: Alexander Samely

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Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

An Inventory, from Second Temple Texts to the Talmuds

By: Alexander Samely

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Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

An Inventory, from Second Temple Texts to the Talmuds

By: Alexander Samely

This book introduces a new system for describing non-biblical ancient Jewish literature. It arises from a fresh empirical investigation into the literary structures of many anonymous and pseudepigraphic sources, including Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha of the Old Testament, the larger Dead Sea Scrolls, Midrash, and the Talmuds. A comprehensive framework of several hundred literary features, based on modern literary studies and text linguistics, allows describing the variety of important text types which characterize ancient Judaism without recourse to vague and superficial genre terms. The features proposed cover all aspects of the ancient Jewish texts, including the self-presentation, perspective, and knowledge horizon assumed by the text; any poetic constitution, narration, thematic discourse, or commentary format; common small forms and small-scale relationships governing neighbouring parts; compilations; dominant subject matter; and similarities to the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. By treating works of diverse genres and periods by the same conceptual grid, the new framework breaks down artificial barriers to interdisciplinary research and prepares the ground for new large-scale comparative studies. The book introduces and presents the new framework, explains and illustrates every descriptive category with reference to specific ancient Jewish texts, and provides sample profiles of Jubilees, the Temple Scroll, Mishnah, and Genesis Rabbah. The books publication is accompanied by a public online Database of hundreds of further Profiles (literarydatabase.humanities.manchester.ac.uk). This project was made possible through the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Agur's Wisdom and the Coherence of Proverbs 30

Agur's Wisdom and the Coherence of Proverbs 30

Revival: Eothen (1948)

Revival: Eothen (1948)

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

Forms of Rabbinic Literature and Thought

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Rabbinic Interpretation of Scripture in the Mishnah

Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

Profiling Jewish Literature in Antiquity

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