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This edition of rabbinic parables (meshalim) in the two Mekhiltot, the tannaitic Midrashim to the book of Exodus (3rd century CE), has a double scholarly purpose. It offers a critical synoptic presentation and study of the textual witnesses of the parables, and a commentary on their meaning and function in their literary and historical context. Moreover, a new English translation of every parable will make the edition a useful tool for interested readers with less knowledge of Hebrew, or those merely looking for a quick reference. This edition, which intends to be the first in a series of editions of parables in all the tannaitic works, is an indispensable tool not only for scholars of Jewish texts, but also for students of the New Testament and early Christian literature, historians of religion in late Antiquity, and those interested in similar literary genres, such as fables.

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Born 1965; 1994 PhD; 2000-02 visiting professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; currently professor of Jewish Studies at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam; involved in a research project on parables in early Jewish and early Christian literature, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Born 1990; BA in Theology & Religious Studies, Utrecht University; currently master's studies in Religion & Society, Utrecht University; involved with Pardes, an organisation concerned with the study of Jewish sources.

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