From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its Interpretation in the Midrash Sifre to Deuteronomy

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents ix
• Preface xi
• Transliterations xv
• Note on the xvii
• 1 - Introduction: the Turn to Commentary 1
• 2 - Re-Presenting Revelation 25
• 3 - The Early Rabbinic Sage and His Torah in the Text of the Sifre 69
• 4 - Polyphony and Plot: Torah as Song as Covenantal Witness 123
• Afterword 163
• Abbreviations 165
• Notes 171
• Bibliographic References 281
• Index of Primary Sources 311
• Rabbinic Sources 320
• Index of Names and Subjects 331