Sentences with phrase «midrash on»

The almost - sacrifice of Isaac is foregrounded; Christ on the Cross, the tree of new life, is the background, a poignant midrash on its Jewish meaning.

Alfred Edersheim notes that the Midrash on the eighth chapter of Proverbs expressly states the Messiah is among the seven things created before the world.

The ambiguity of victory over one's enemies is reflected in a midrash on Ex.

Logion 3 is a much more highly developed and gnosticized version of the saying; the question and the two negations have disappeared, and in their place we have, in fact, a highly developed gnostic midrash on the original affirmation, the Kingdom is entos hymon.

A splendid contemporary midrash on that text is a book by Leon Kass, Toward a More Natural Science (Free Press).

Not exact matches

(II, 105) Having established the historicity of the baptism event, Meier is adamant that the narrative must be seen as a Christian midrash, drawing on various OT themes to assert the primacy of Jesus over John.

Try reading the Talmud or Midrash and you'll find hundreds of different views and even contradictory ones on a single topic.

I also recommend Hammer on the Rock, edited by Nahum Glazer, which is an anthology of short teachings from Midrash.

If you're interested in contemporary / feminist midrash, don't miss The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah, edited by Ellen Frankel, which offers creative contemporary womens» response to Torah.

The midrash rejoins here texts in the Old Testament and in the Jewish tradition, which are attentive to the risks of a cult of the nation and the temptation to a mythology on the Ûbermensch.

This is the main point of the great array of parallels to Jesus» teaching adduced from the ancient Jewish tradition and literature, for example in Strack and Billerbeck's Commentary on the New Testament from Talmud and Midrash.

None the less, the rabbis strove for a balance in this matter, and their view is well expressed in Midrash Exodus Rabbah 31 on Ex.

An ancient rabbinic method of exegesis called midrash, which sought out and inevitably found the solution to problems perceived in the biblical text, resulted in the creation of an abundant mythology that eventually took on a life of its own.

In addition to a helpful glossary and an indispensable index, The Literary Guide features some useful and, in several instances, excellent general essays such as Helen Elsom's superb treatment of the New Testament and Greco - Roman literature, Gerald L. Bruns's brilliant study of midrash and allegory, and an interesting essay by Alter on the characteristics of ancient Hebrew poetry.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 7:45 pm, Acclaimed fiber artist Laurie Wohl will give a presentation titled Textiles and Visual Midrash.

Richard, I've written and published an entire novel (The Book of Lilith) based on the midrash developed to explain the discrepancy.