Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash

Download or read book Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash written by Jacob Neusner and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2006 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook collects and classifies how Israelite Scripture was received and recast in the language community that produced the dual Torah of Judaism. With extensive translation and documentation, Jeremiah in Talmud and Midrash uses the case of Jeremiah in the Rabbinic canon of the formative age to examine the Rabbinic documents response to the prophetic ones in terms of how they select, explain, and utilize the language of Scripture.