ISBN0271067527 (volume 1 : cloth : alk. paper)
9780271067520 (volume 1 : cloth : alk. paper)
一般注記Volume 1. The ancient period.
Introduction -- Vayikra Rabbah and my life in midrash -- The beautiful captive: the Rabbinic imagination, the Greco-Roman novel, and the dangerous gentile female -- Ancient Jewish interpretation of the song of songs in a comparative context -- On comparative biblical exegesis-interpretation, influence, appropriation -- Anthology and polysemy in classical midrash -- The fables of the Jews: from the Hebrew bible through rabbinic literature -- On canonization in rabbinic literature -- The first Jewish books and the early history of Jewish reading.
"This volume deals with texts and topics from ancient Jewish literature; the second volume will treat Jewish literature from the medieval and early modern periods; the third, modern and contemporary Jewish literary texts."--Introduction, Volume 1.