TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. CONTRIBUTORS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS IN THIRD-CENTURY PALESTINE 1
6. ‘SUPERFLUOUS TEXT’ IN THE COMMENTARIES OF RABBI MEYUḤAS BEN ELIJAH 37
7. FOOD AND MEALS IN SEDER ELIYYAHU RABBAH, CHAPTERS 3-5: THE INTEGRATION OF ETHICS AND ESCHATOLOGY IN MIDRASH 61
8. BREAD FOR HEAVEN: MEALS AND METALEPSIS IN EXODUS RABBAH 73
9. A NUMBERS GAME: MASORAH, MISHNAH, AND THREE PROTO-MIDRASH TADSHE TRADITIONS IN SAMUEL BEN JACOB’S IMAGINATIVE EQUATIONS 97
10. PEACE AND THE TRANSMISSION OF MIDRASHIC TRADITIONS: SUBSTITUTES FOR SACRIFICE IN LEVITICUS RABBAH 9:9 AND PEREQ HA-SHALOM 111
11. INDEX OF RABBINIC LITERATURE 123