Class 7. 2/9 Rabbinic literature: midrash

David Stern, “Midrash and Midrashic Interpretation Download Midrash and Midrashic Interpretation

,” The Jewish Study Bible (2004), ed. Adele Berlin, Marc Zvi Brettler, and Michael Fishbane, 1863–1875.

Reread Tanakh: Genesis 1–3.

Midrash Rabbah Download Midrash Rabbah

, 54–55, 122–124, 135–138, 149–150.

How does rabbinic midrash function? How does Midrash Rabbah reinterpret the creation story?