Title Sustain me with raisin-cakes : Pesikta deRav Kahana and the popularization of rabbinic Judaism / by Rachel A. Anisfeld.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 219 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 133
	Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 133. 1384-2161
Note	Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2004 under title: Rabbinic preachers and their audiences in the Amoraic midrashim Pesikta derav Kahana and Leviticus rabbah.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and indexes.
Contents	Introductions -- Pesikta deRav Kahana (PRK) on its own -- PRK in relation to what came before : Tannaitic comparisons -- PRK in historical context.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Through close textual analysis as well as a study of historical and literary context, this book shows how the amoraic midrashic collection Pesikta deRav Kahana developed a fresh homiletical language in an age of religious outreach and persuasion.
Subject	Pesikta de-Rav Kahana.
	Midrash -- History and criticism.
	Pesikta de-Rav Kahana. (OCoLC)fst01359111
	Haggada.
	Pesikta de-Rav Kahana.
	Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
	Religion.
	RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
	Midrash. (OCoLC)fst01020601
	Rabbinical literature. (OCoLC)fst01086288
	Judentum.
	Midrasch.
	Rabbinismus.
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form:	Print version: Anisfeld, Rachel A. Sustain me with raisin-cakes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004153226 (DLC) 2009001094 (OCoLC)299280735
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004153226.i-220 doi
ISBN	9789047442288 (electronic bk.)
	9047442288 (electronic bk.)

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