Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature)

Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from the earlymidrash on Exodus The Mekilta, Boyarin proposes a new theory of midrash that restsin part on an understanding of the heterogeneity of the biblical text and theconstraining force of rabbinic ideology on the production of midrash. In a forcefulcombination of theory and reading, Boyarin raises profound questions concerning theinterplay between history, ideology, and interpretation.Boyarin, Daniel is the author of 'Intertextuality and the Reading of Midrash (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature)', published 1999 under ISBN 9780253312518 and ISBN 0253312515.