The Return of the Repressed
Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and the Pseudepigrapha
Biographical note
Rachel Adelman, (Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2008) was a post-doctoral fellow in Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto in 2007-2008. She now teaches Bible and Rabbinics at Miami University, Ohio, and also lectures widely abroad.
Readership
Those interested in biblical exegesis, the relationship between law and narrative, theology of evil, Second Temple Literature and Midrash.
Reviews
Adelman's book belongs on the shelf of any scholar interested in the later midrashic literature. It contains excellent, sophisticated, and readable interpretations of some of the theological passages in Pirqe de-Rabbi Eliezer and
demystifies some of the contextual issues related to this work.
Rivka B. Ulmer, Bucknell University
'This is very important work for anyone seriously interested in midrashic literature. For scholars who are familiar with the study of midrash, it is enjoyable and engaging.
Yoram Bitton, Columbia University, New York, NY
Adelman is to be commended for the depth of her research, inlcuding primary sources and a vast expanse of secondary literature, and for her consistently interesting and innovative exploration of selected parts of one of the most intriguing works of late midrashic literature
Marc Bregman, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 74
demystifies some of the contextual issues related to this work.
Rivka B. Ulmer, Bucknell University
'This is very important work for anyone seriously interested in midrashic literature. For scholars who are familiar with the study of midrash, it is enjoyable and engaging.
Yoram Bitton, Columbia University, New York, NY
Adelman is to be commended for the depth of her research, inlcuding primary sources and a vast expanse of secondary literature, and for her consistently interesting and innovative exploration of selected parts of one of the most intriguing works of late midrashic literature
Marc Bregman, Catholic Biblical Quarterly 74
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