as if the word "rabbah" belonged originally to the name of the amora, and that the name of the work, "Genesis Rabba," is an abbreviation of "Bereshit derabbi Hoshayah rabbah," is untenable for the reason that in the best manuscripts — and in a very old quotation — the name "Rabbi Hoshayah" stands without the addition "rabbah" in the first preface at the beginning of the midrash. But the embellishment of the sections with numerous artistic introductions — which points to a combination of the form of the running commentary with the form of the finished homilies following the type of the Pesikta and Tanhuma Midrashim — was the result of the editing of Genesis Rabbah that is now extant, when the material found in collections and traditions of the aggadic exegesis of the period of the Amoraim was taken up in the midrash, and Genesis Rabbah was given its present form, if not its present bulk. Many references to contemporary philosophical thought are made with the purpose of refuting the opinions of nonbelievers. The midrash forms an aggadic commentary on Genesis, in keeping with the midrashic exegesis of that age. More information on Archive.org About the BookReader | Report a problem . By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. It was used for the critical edition issued by J. Theodor. The tradition that Rabbi Hosha'iah is the author of Genesis Rabba may be taken to mean that he began the work, in the form of the running commentary customary in tannaitic times, arranging the exposition on Genesis according to the sequence of the verses, and furnishing the necessary complement to the tannaitic midrashim on the other books of the Torah.
Perhaps the comments on Genesis were originally divided into sections that corresponded with the above-mentioned sections of the text, and that contained the beginnings of the simplest introductions, as the first traces of such introductions are found also in the tannaitic midrash.
It was probably undertaken not much later than the Jerusalem Talmud (4th to 5th centuries).
It contains many simple explanations of words and sentences, often in Aramaic, suitable for the instruction of youth. It was used for the critical edition issued by J. Theodor.
The structure of the prefatory passages varies.
London: Soncino Press, 1939. Definitely characterized as they are in their beginning by these introductions, the sections of Genesis Rabbah have no formal ending, although several show a transition to the Biblical passage that is expounded in the following section. The work may have received its name, "Genesis Rabbah," from that larger midrash at the beginning of Genesis, unless that designation was originally used to distinguish this midrash from the shorter and older one, which was ascribed to Rabbi Hoshayah. Though the stories embraced in Genesis furnished little occasion for comments on legal topics, Genesis Rabba contains a few short legal (or halakic) sentences and quotations taken from the Mishnah and other sources. Print editions. 1–2.
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