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[ SOLD OUT ] WILLIAMS, B., Commentary on Midrash Rabba in the Sixteenth Century. The Or ha-Sekhel of Abraham ben Asher. Oxford University Press, 2016. 238p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Oriental Monographs. The history of the book represents an important area of study when considering virtually everything concerned with books: production, distribution, binding, reading culture, etc. What Benjamin Williams has done in his brilliant Commentary on Midrash Rabba in the Sixteenth Century is apply these methods to sixteenth century printed midrashim. The results provide us a window into the reception of rabbinic midrashic biblical interpretation in the early modern period. ... [It] is essential reading for anyone interested in the early modern reception of Jewish biblical interpretation, and particularly midrash Reading Religion |a 18/07/2017 (Publisher's information). (New) (approx. delivery time: undeliverable) ISBN: 9780198759232