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Pesiqta Rabbati is a midrashic collection of homilies derived from the Hebrew bible related to Jewish observance of festivals, fast days, and special Sabbaths. The book underscores the importance and purpose of Pesiqta Rabbati: to explain the centrality of midrash in the life, culture, and ethnicity of Jewish belief and practice, as well as the importance of practice sustaining the continuity of Jews and their identity. Textual details are drawn from contemporary events (5th- 11th century) and Jewish ethics. Topics include apocalyptic thought, the suffering Messiah ben Ephraim, the Jerusalem Temple, and reactions to Christianity and Islam. Methods applied are text linguistics, borderland theories, halachic discourse analysis, semiotics, and literary criticism.

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Rivka Ulmer, Ph.D. (1985), J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, is Professor of Jewish Studies at Bucknell University. She has published monographs and articles on Midrash, including Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash (de Gruyter, 2009). Research Interest: Ancient Egypt, Rabbinic Judaism.

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