Lection for the second day of Rosh Hashanah: a homily containing the legend of the ten trials of Abraham
The tradition that Abraham endured ten trials is attested as early as the second centry B.C.E. Jubilees, the Mishna, Abot de Rabbi Nathan, and other works contain traces of this tradition or lists of the specific trials. However, until now only the eighth century C.E. midrash, Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer...
| Published in: | Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion |
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| Subtitles: | "פרשת יום ב'": דרשה כמסגרת לאגדה "עשרה נסיונות שנתנסה אברהם אבינו" |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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1987
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Book of Jubilees
/ Mišnā-Hebrew language
/ Talmûd bavlî. Kleine Traktate. Avot de-Rabbi Nathan
/ Pirke dĕrabbi Elieser
/ Judaism
/ Rosh ha-Shanah
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Summary: | The tradition that Abraham endured ten trials is attested as early as the second centry B.C.E. Jubilees, the Mishna, Abot de Rabbi Nathan, and other works contain traces of this tradition or lists of the specific trials. However, until now only the eighth century C.E. midrash, Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, was known to contain a complete version of the legend. The text published here, Cambridge Add. 1497, ff. 54r—61v and Oxford, Ms. Opp.Add.4°.79, contains another complete version of the legend. In contrast to the dominant narrative form of the PRE, this text is a homily. In it the legend is framed within a classical (Tanḥuma-type) sermonic structure. Solomon Buber had already noted general similarities between our text, the Story of Abraham published by Jellinek and others, and PRE. Closer examination indicates that our text is an original composition containing a number of unique readings of the Abraham legend. It may well represent a version of the ten trials which is earlier than PRE; it definitely contains some textual material which is different from PRE. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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