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The return of the repressed : Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha /

This study analyzes mythic narratives, found in the 8th century midrashic text Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer (PRE), that were excluded, or a ~represseda (TM), from the rabbinic canon, while preserved in the Pseudepigrapha of the Second Temple period. Examples include the role of the Samael (i.e. Satan) in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adelman, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 140.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Part I: Introduction to Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer
  • Genre, Author, Provenance, and Dating; Chapter One: Genre: Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer as Narrative Midrash; Chapter Two: The Author-ity of Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer; Chapter Three: The Historical Context; Part II: the Personification of Evil; Chapter Four: The Problem of the Origin of Evil; Chapter Five: Adam, Eve and the Serpent
  • the First Version of the Fall (PRE 13); Chapter Six: The Myth of the Fallen Angels; Part III: Myth and Praxis in Pirqe De-Rabbi Eliezer; Chapter Seven: Introduction to the Etiological Narratives in PRE.