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Genesis Rabbah, the earliest rabbinic commentary on the book of Genesis, was composed in Roman Palestine around the fifth century CE and continued to be studied throughout medieval and modern times. In this volume, an international team of scholars explores the literary formation and textual transmission of this work as well as the historical, cultural, religious, and political contexts in which it was composed. -- From back cover.

Rabbinical literature --- History and criticism --- Midrash rabbah. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Religion --- Antiquity --- rabbinic literature --- Jewish Studies --- Midrash --- Biblical Interpretation --- Antike Religionsgeschichte --- Religionswissenschaft --- Altes Testament --- Antike

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The story of Abraham smashing his father's idols might be the most important Jewish story ever told and the key to how Jews define themselves. In a work at once deeply erudite and wonderfully accessible, Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin conducts readers through the life and legacy of this powerful story and explains how it has shaped Jewish consciousness. Offering a radical view of Jewish existence, The Gods Are Broken! views the story of the young Abraham as the "primal trauma" of Jewish history, one critical to the development of a certain Jewish comfort with rebelliousness and one t

Antisemitism. --- Monotheism --- Iconoclasm. --- Idols and images --- Iconoclasm --- Pantheism --- Religion --- Theism --- Trinity --- Polytheism --- Anti-Jewish attitudes --- Anti-Semitism --- Ethnic relations --- Prejudices --- Philosemitism --- Biblical teaching. --- Worship --- History --- Abraham --- Abraham, --- Abram --- Abramo --- Abū al-Anbiyāʼ Ibrāhīm al-Khalīl --- Abŭraham --- Avraam --- Avraham --- Avram --- Halil-ül-Rahman İbrahim --- Ibrāhīm al-Khalīl --- Ibrahim --- İbrahim, --- Khalīl Allāh --- Nabi Ibrahim --- אברהם --- אברהם אבינו --- إبراهيم الخليل --- Bible. --- Midrash rabbah. --- Be-reshit rabah --- Bereshit rabah --- Bereshit rabba --- Genesis rabbah --- Ber. r. --- Genesis rabba --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Be-reshit raba --- Bereshit de-Rabbi Oshaya Rabbah --- Be-reshit de-Rabi Oshayah Rabah --- Be-reshit de-Rabi Hoshayah Rabah --- Genesis of R. Oshaya Rabbah --- Genesis of Rabbi Oshaya Rabbah --- Midrash Be-reshit rabah --- Midrash Be-reshit raba --- Agadat Erets Yiśraʼel --- מדרש בראשית רבה --- בראשית רבה --- מדרש בראשית רבא --- בראשית רבא --- בראשית דרבי אושעיה רבה --- בראשית דרבי הושעיה רבה --- אגדת ארץ ישראל