Institute for the Classical Tradition

ANRW II.19.2, pp. 103-138

Midrash: Palestinian Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the Greco-Roman Period by Gary Porton, Urbana, Ill. Contents
L Introduction	104
II. DRS and MDRS	105
1. DRS in the Bible	105
2. DRS at Qumran and in Rabbinic Literature	106
3. MDRS in the Bible	107
4. MDRS at Qumran and in Rabbinic Literature	108
5. Conclusions	108
III. Definition of Midrash	109
1. Previous Definitions and their Problems	109
2. Midrash and Canon	111
3. Midrash and Revelation	111
4. Conclusions	112
IV. The Bible and Palestinian Judaism in the Hellenistic Period	112
1. Bible as Constitution	112
2. Bible and Priesthood	113
3. Liturgical use of the Bible	116
4. Conclusions	118
V. Types of Midrashic Activity before the Second Century	118
1. Midrash in the Bible	118
2. Targumim	119
3. Rewritings of the Biblical Accounts	122
4. Pesher	125
5. Conclusions	127
VI. Rabbinic Midrash	128
1. Terminology	128
2. Literary Features	129
3. Purpose	130
4. Examples	132
VII. Summary and Conclusions	134
Selected Bibliography	135