Lore of the School of Elijah"Tanna Debe Eliyyahu" is a midrashic work thought to have been composed between the third and the tenth centuries. Unlike all the other midrashim, it does not consist of a compilation of individual homilies but is a unified work shaped with a character of its own. This Midrash is distinguished by its didactic and moral aims. The author deals with the divine precepts and the reasons for them, and the importance and knowledge of Torah, prayer, and repentence. He is especially concerned with the ethical and religious values that are enshrined in the lives of the patriarchs. In the eye of many students and scholars, it is unique, a masterpiece of Jewish thought. |
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Contents
ER 613 | 6 |
CHAPTER 9 | 9 |
ER 1317 | 13 |
CHAPTER 21 19 ER 11518 | 18 |
Gods reward of the righteous His compassion for the repentant His requital | 37 |
Why most of those who die will be resurrected and why Elijah Elisha | 46 |
S 5053 | 50 |
CHAPTER 5 6 ER 2731 | 61 |
CHAPTER 28 26 ER 13943 | 305 |
CHAPTER 29 27 ER 14347 | 313 |
CHAPTER 30 28 ER 14756 | 323 |
CHAPTER 31 29 ER 15665 | 340 |
EZ 16771 | 359 |
Refutation of a skeptics argument concerning the source of Mishnah | 367 |
CHAPTER 3 EZ 17578 | 374 |
CHAPTER 4 EZ 17881 | 380 |
CHAPTER 6 7 ER 3138 | 73 |
EZ 17175 | 75 |
CHAPTER 7 8 ER 3946 | 92 |
CHAPTER 8 9 ER 4648 | 106 |
Of Deborah and Jezebel Omri and Abab | 112 |
CHAPTER 10 11 ER 5255 | 120 |
CHAPTER 11 12 ER 5559 | 126 |
CHAPTER 12 13 ER 5961 | 135 |
Encounter with a man who had Scripture but not Mishnah | 154 |
Israel increase their merit by setting out for themselves sundry practices | 161 |
Why one is to rejoice because of the advent of death the Impulse to evil | 177 |
Why God loves Israel | 183 |
devotion to Torah likened to devotion to a wife Torah | 196 |
CHAPTER 19 | 205 |
Israels preoccupation with Torah | 240 |
Its faithfulness to | 262 |
CHAPTER 24 22 ER 12427 | 269 |
CHAPTER 25 23 ER 12729 | 276 |
CHAPTER 27 25 ER 13539 | 294 |
CHAPTER 5 EZ 18182 | 386 |
CHAPTER 7 EZ 184 | 392 |
EZ 18689 | 398 |
CHAPTER 10 EZ 18991 | 404 |
Gods reward of the righteous men | 411 |
EZ 19597 | 418 |
EZ CHAPTER | 427 |
EZ CHAPTER 17 S 1523 | 443 |
EZ CHAPTER | 450 |
EZ CHAPTER | 457 |
EZ CHAPTER 21 S 3336 | 463 |
EZ CHAPTER | 473 |
EZ CHAPTER | 481 |
God as Israels escort to and from Egypt Josephs character and experiences | 489 |
S 5556 | 497 |
GLOSSARY | 507 |
AUTHORITIES CITED OR REFERRED TO | 530 |
PLAYS ON HEBREW WORDS AND LETTERS | 562 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham according angels answer asked Assyria beginning blessed blood bring brought called cause comes command concerning conduct daughter David death deeds destroy Deut disciples dwell earth Egypt Egyptians enter evil Exod eyes father four further give given glory God's hand heart heaven Hence Holy hundred Israel Israelites Jacob Judg keep kind king Land live Lord master mean Mishnah Moses offering once parable precepts presence priest Prophets Prov punishment refers regard rejoice repentance replied righteous Sages sake Scripture Scripture says servants Song sons speak stand suggested taken Temple thee Thereupon things thou Thou shalt thousand took Torah transgression turned understanding unto verse wicked wife wisdom wise woman words of Torah world-to-come
Bibliographic information
| Title | Lore of the School of Elijah |
| Authors | William Gordon Braude, Israel James Kapstein |
| Publisher | Jewish Publication Society, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0827606346, 9780827606340 |
| Length | 569 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Judaism / General Religion / Judaism / Sacred Writings |
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