Pesiqta Rabbati: A Synoptic Edition of Pesiqta Rabbati Based Upon All Extant Man [Paperback]

This book is a reprint of the first publication of the complete manuscript ofPesiqta Rabbati, Volumes I-III (1997-2002), a major rabbinic work from the Land of Israel from the 5th-6th century. Based upon the annual cycle of Biblical passages for the Jewish Holy Days and special Sabbaths, the text demonstrates the artful form of the rabbinic homily and the midrash method of scriptural exegesis.

All extant Hebrew manuscripts as well as the 17th centuryeditio princepsare presented here in a synoptic edition, allowing the reader to view the texts in adjacent columns without emendation. This edition contains English introductions and an index of Greek and Latin expressions, scriptural passages, exegetical terms, subjects, place names, personal names, names of Biblical figures, angels and historical figures, rabbinic authorities, as well asmeshalimandma'asim, emendations,addendaandcorrigenda.

Rivka Ulmerreceived her PhD in Judaic Studies from Goethe Universit?t in Frankfurt am Main with a dissertation in midrash. Ulmer teaches at Bucknell University. She was the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair in Jewish Studies from 2002-2007 and is now Associate Professor of Jewish Studies. Ulmer's research focuses upon midrashic literature; she is founder and co-chair of the Midrash Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

One can therefore only welcome any new addition to the corpus of scholarly editions of rabbinic literature, and the scholarly world must indeed be appreciative of the publication of Pesiqta Rabbati on the most basic ground of making previously inaccessible textual data easily available to everyone. Professor Chaim Milikowsky, Bar Ilan University, Israel,The Jewish Quarterly Review

Dating from fifth-sixth century Palestine, but containing much older material,Pesiqta Rabbatiis a major collection of rabbinic homilies based upon biblical passages from the Torah for Jewil3#