Midrash Criticism Introduction and Appraisal

by Quarles, Charles L.

• ISBN13: 9780761809241
• ISBN10: 0761809244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-04
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book is an in-depth introduction and appraisal of midrash criticism, a critical approach applied to Gospel studies. Though midrash criticism utilizes genre criticism, redaction criticism, and historical criticism, it has developed into a separate critical approach with its own unique methodology. This work both introduces and examines this interpretive method. It meets the needs of both the beginning student and the advanced scholar.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v	(2)
Preface	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Introduction	xi
Chapter 1 Introduction to Midrash Criticism	1	(29)
Chapter 2 Definition of Midrash	30	(38)
Chapter 3 An Appraisal of Midrash Criticism	68	(36)
Chapter 4 A Comparison of an Early Midrash on the Birth of Christ with the Synoptic Birth Narratives	104	(39)
Chapter 5 Conclusion	143	(4)
Appendix	147