Midrash in Historical Context

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Surveys major works and methods of rabbinic midrash, halakhic and aggadic; historical background, inner-biblical exegesis, exegesis in Second Temple literature, schools of R. Ishmael and R. Akiva, hermeneutical rules, the petihta and parable forms, literary theory, exegesis, eisegesis, omnisignificance, polysemy and intertextuality.