Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai (Hebrew)

by W. David Nelson

Publisher:

Jewish Publication Society

, 2006

Overview

The Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai is a collection of classical midrashic interpretation of the biblical Book of Exodus. Lost for centuries, the text was reconstructed and recovered in the 19th and 20th centuries by both German and Israeli scholars from a variety of source materials, including medieval manuscripts of the text and midrashic anthologies. As one of the first collections of rabbinic biblical interpretation, the Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai is an indispensable source for understanding the history, beliefs, and practices of the earliest rabbis. A critical introduction provides the reader with a firm grounding in the historical setting of the text, as well as its source material, reconstruction, subject matter, and significance for understanding the history of Judaism. W. David Nelson received an M.A. in bible and cognate studies and Ph.D. in rabbinic literature and thought from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and the director of the Program in Jewish Studies at Texas Christian University and Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. This resource contains the Hebrew text of the Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai.

Product Details

• Title: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai (Hebrew)
• Author: W. David Nelson
• Series: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2008
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: Hebrew
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Exodus › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780827607996, 0827607997
• Resource ID: LLS:MEKSHYHB
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:30:06Z

About W. David Nelson

W. David Nelson is the Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, and Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, at TCU and Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia (1989), and both a M.A. in Bible and Cognate Studies (1992) and Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature and Thought (1999) from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. Among his areas of specialization are early Jewish biblical interpretation, the history and literature of Judaism in the Greco-Roman period, and Jewish Studies. He teaches courses in both Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University and the Department of Religion at TCU. Prior to joining the faculty of Brite, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis.