Title: Mekhilta according to Rabbi Ishmael
Subtitle: an introduction to Judaism's first scriptural encyclopaedia
Subjects: Halakhic Midrashim, Criticism, interpretation, Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, Mechilta de-Rabbi Ishmael (anoniem), 11.21 Jewish religious literature, Mekhilta of R. Ishmael, Jewish literature, history and criticism