Habakkuk, Jonah, Nahum and Obiadiah in Talmud and Midrash
Subtitle: a source book
By: Jacob Neusner.
Series: Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Habakkuk (Biblical prophet) in rabbinical literature; Jonah (Biblical prophet) in rabbinical literature; Nahum (Biblical prophet) in rabbinical literature; Obadiah (Biblical prophet) in rabbinical literature; Midrash
Description: "The Rabbis of classical Judaism, in the first six centuries of the Common Era, commented on the teachings of ancient Israel's prophets and shaped, as much as they were shaped by, prophecy. They commented on much of the Scriptural heritage and they made it their own. This collection of the Rabbinic comments on biblical books makes easily accessible the Rabbinic reading of the prophetic heritage and opens the way to the study of how normative Judaism responded to the challenge of the prophetic writings"--back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.