Midrash Unbound: Transformations and Innovations

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: An innovative and comprehensive study of Midrash and its creative role in the formation of culture. Contributor Bio:  Fishbane, Michael Michael Fishbane is the Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies at theUniversity of Chicago. He is the author of numerous works on biblical and Jewishthought, including Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking. His most recentbook is Sacred Attunement: A Jewish Theology. Contributor Bio:  Weinberg, Joanna Weinberg is senior lecturer in rabbinics, Leo Baeck College, London.