Midrash Sources for the Study of Rabbinic Principles of Interpretation

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at attbi.com
Thu Sep 5 10:43:27 EDT 2002


"Eric S. Weiss" wrote:

> John Shelby Spong wrote a book a few years ago called LIBERATING THE
> GOSPELS, in which he popularized the work of Michael Goulder, who reads
> the Gospel accounts as midrashic interpretations of regular readings of
> the Torah prescribed for worship services in the synagogue. So Michael
> Goulder might be a source for you to investigate to discover primary
> source material, though I don't know to what extent, if any, the scholarly
> community accepts Goulder's (hypo)thesis.
>

To find out, I suggest that you consult Mark Goodacre's fine study _Goulder and the
Gospels_ (Sheffield).

Yours,

Jeffrey Gibson


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