Bidspirit auction | Midreshei Geulah – Jewish Apocalyptic

Midreshei Geulah – Jewish Apocalyptic Literature from the Close of the Talmud to the Early Sixth Millennium Collected and edited by Yehuda Even-Shmuel (Kaufmann) Published by Mossad Bialik / Massada, Tel Aviv, 1968 - A fundamental scholarly edition bringing together, for the first time, the corpus of early Jewish apocalyptic midrashim composed after the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud. Yehuda Even-Shmuel—one of the foremost scholars of Midrash and Aggadah—presents here a critical, comparative, and fully annotated edition based on rare manuscripts, early prints, and Judeo-Greek fragments. Includes: a comprehensive scholarly introduction, variant readings from manuscripts, parallel texts, detailed philological notes, and full bibliographic apparatus. An essential reference work for researchers of Jewish apocalyptic literature, rabbinic thought, and messianic ideas. Hardcover with original dust jacket • 437 pp. + 55-page introduction Condition: Very good hardcover; dust jacket with light age-toning; interior clean and well-preserved.