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Topics in Rabbinic Judaism: Midrash
- RS-744; McMaster University, Term I, 2004/2005 – Tuesdays, 12:30 to 2:30 pm, Room TBA
Annette Y. Reed (Dept. of Religious Studies; UH 110; 905-525-9140 ext. 24597)
EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
- Mekhilta de R. Ishmael (Mek) - Jacob Z. Lauterbach, ed. and trans., Mekilta de-Rabbi Ishmael I-III (Philadelphia: JPS, 1933-1936; repr. 1976). [Hebrew and English]
- Sifrei – Jacob Neusner, trans, Sifre to Numbers: An American Translation and Explanation I-II (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1986) [English]; Reuven Hammer, trans., Sifre: a Tannaitic Commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy (New Haven: Yale UP, 1986) [English]; H. S. Horovitz, ed., Siphre D’be Rab (Leipzig, 1917; repr. Jerusalem, 1966) [Hebrew]; Louis Finkelstein, ed., Sifre on Deuteronomy (Berlin: Gesellschaft zur Föderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums, 1939; repr. New York: JTS, 1969) [Hebrew]
- Sifra – Jacob Neusner, trans, Sifra: An Analytical Translation I-III (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988) [English]; Louis Finkelstein, ed., Sifra on Leviticus I-V (New York: JTS, 1983-1991) [Hebrew]
- Genesis Rabbah (GenR; Bereshit Rabbah) – H. Freedman, trans., Genesis Rabba (in Midrash Rabba) I-II (London: Soncino, 1939) [English]; J. Theodor with C. Albeck, eds., Midrasch Bereschit Rabbah mit kritischem Apparat und Kommentar (Berlin, 1912-1927; repr. Jerusalem: Wahrmann, 1965) [Hebrew]; see also A. P. Sherry, ed., Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Kitav yad Vatikan 60 (Vat. Ebr. 60), (Jerusalem: Makor, 1972) and M. Sokolof, ed., Midrash Bereshit Rabbah, Kitav Yad Vatican 30 (Vat. Ebr. 30) (Jerusalem: Makor, 1970) [Hebrew MSS].
- Lamentations Rabbah (LamR; Eikhah Rabbah) – Volume 4 of H. Freedman and Maurice Simon, eds. Midrash Rabbah. 10 vv. (New York: Soncino, 1983) [English]; Salomon Buber, Midrash Ekhah rabah (Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1967) [Hebrew]
- Leviticus Rabbah (LevR; Vayikra Rabbah) – H. Freedman and Maurice Simon, eds. Midrash Rabbah, 10 vols., New York: Soncino, 1983 [English]; M. A. Mirkin, ed., Midrash Rabba, 11 vols. (Tel Aviv, 1956) [Hebrew].
- Pesikta de Rav Kahana (PRK) – William G. Braude and Israel J. Kapstein, trans., R. Kahana’s Compilation of Discourses for Sabbaths and Festal Days (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1975) [English]; B. Mandelbaum, Pesikta de Rav Kahana, 2 vols. (New York, 1962) [Hebrew].
- Pesikta Rabbati (PesR) - William G. Braude, trans., Pesikta Rabbati: Discourses for feasts, fasts, and special Sabbaths (New Haven: Yale UP, 1968) [English]; M. Friedmann, Pesikta Rabbati: Midrasch für den Fest-Cyclus und die ausgezeichneten Sabbathe (repr. Tel Aviv, 1963) [Hebrew]
- Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer (PRE) – Gerald Friedlander, trans., Pirkę de Rabbi Eliezer (Reprint; New York, 1965) [English]; M. Higger, ed., "Pirkei R. Eliezer," Horev 8 (1944): 82-119; 9 (1946): 94-166; 10 (1948): 185-294 [Hebrew].