Staging Rachel: Rabbinic Midrash, Theatrical Mime, and Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity
Lamentations Rabbah Proem 24, a late ancient rabbinic midrash, is in many ways a unique text within the entire rabbinic corpus. It presents an extraordinary array of characters (including Abraham, Moses, the Torah, and even the alphabet) who are called upon to placate God, but fail. As their quest p...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2020, Volume: 113, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-333 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Midrash Rabbah. Klagelieder
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RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
Further subjects: | B
Mime
B Piyyuṭ B Rachel Biblical matriarch B Martyrdom B Midrash |
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