The Meshalim in the Mekhiltot
Subtitle: an annotated edition and translation of the parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
By: Lieve M. Teugels ; with the assistance of Esther van Eenennaam
Contributors: Eenennaam, Esther van, 1990- author, translator
Series: Texts and studies in ancient Judaism -- 176; Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum -- 176,
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
ISBN-13: 9783161556487; 9783161563461
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Commentaries; Parables; Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael; Mekhilta of Rabbi Simeon ben Yoḥai; Bible
Other titles: Annotated edition and translation of the parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai; Parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Description: This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tannaitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), has a double scholarly purpose. It offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function in their literary and historical context. Moreover, a new English translation of every parable will make the edition a useful tool for interested readers with less knowledge of Hebrew, or those merely looking for a quick reference. This edition, which intends to be the first in a series of editions of parables in all the tannaitic works, is an indispensable tool not only for scholars of Jewish texts, but also for students of the New Testament and early Christian literature, historians of religion in late Antiquity, and those interested in similar literary genres, such as fables.
Notes: "This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tannaitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), has a double scholarly purpose. It offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function in their literary and historical context. Moreover, a new English translation of every parable will make the edition a useful tool for interested readers with less knowledge of Hebrew, or those merely looking for a quick reference. This edition, which intends to be the first in a series of editions of parables in all the tannaitic works, is an indispensable tool not only for scholars of Jewish texts, but also for students of the New Testament and early Christian literature, historians of religion in late Antiquity, and those interested in similar literary genres, such as fables."--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

In English translated from the Hebrew; includes some original texts in Hebrew.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the series -- -- 1.; title: The purpose and approach of the annotated editions in this series  -- -- 2.; title: Previous research into the rabbinic mashal  --; title: Introduction to this volume -- -- 1.; title: Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (MRI) and Mikhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (MRS)  -- -- 2.; title: MRI, MRS, their traditional divisions, and the divisions followed in this book -- -- 3.; title: The structure of this book: chapters, sections, and textual units -- -- 4.; title: Translation  -- -- 5.; title: Textual witnesses (the edition) -- -- 6.; title: . Versions -- -- 7.; title: Commentary  -- -- 8.; title: Parallels  -- -- 9.; title: Transliteration  -- -- 10.; title: Abbreviations --; title: Annotated edition.