Jewish Studies

Lieve M. Teugels

The Meshalim in the Mekhiltot

An Annotated Edition and Translation of the Parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
With the assistance of Esther van Eenennaam

[Die Meschalim in den Mechiltot. Eine kommentierte Ausgabe und Übersetzung der Parabeln in der Mechilta von Rabbi Jischmael und der Mechilta von Rabbi Schimon ben Jochai.]

2019. XIV, 477 pages.

Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 176

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This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tannaitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function in their literary and historical context.
This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tannaitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), has a double scholarly purpose. It offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function in their literary and historical context. Moreover, a new English translation of every parable will make the edition a useful tool for interested readers with less knowledge of Hebrew, or those merely looking for a quick reference. This edition, which intends to be the first in a series of editions of parables in all the tannaitic works, is an indispensable tool not only for scholars of Jewish texts, but also for students of the New Testament and early Christian literature, historians of religion in late Antiquity, and those interested in similar literary genres, such as fables.
Authors/Editors

Lieve M. Teugels Born 1965; 1994 PhD; 2000–02 visiting professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; currently professor of Jewish Studies at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam; involved in a research project on parables in early Jewish and early Christian literature, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Esther van Eenennaam Born 1990; BA in Theology & Religious Studies, Utrecht University; currently master's studies in Religion & Society, Utrecht University; involved with Pardes, an organisation concerned with the study of Jewish sources.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: — 2021 (Ephraim Nissan)
In: Salesianum — 81 (2019), S. 773–774 (Rafael Vicent)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 63 (2019), S. 556
In: Journal for the Study of Judaism (JSJ) — 51 (2020), pp. 145–148 (Günter Stemberger)
In: Theologische Literaturzeitung — 145 (2020), pp. 926–928 (Andreas Lehnardt)
In: Review of Biblical Literature — https://www.sblcentral.org/ (8/2022) (Joshua Schwartz)
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