By Risto Santala
The Messiah and His Meal in Midrash Ruth Chapters V, VII and VIII and its roots and reflections in corresponding Jewish literature.
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50 Midrash itself represents as we have seen a comprehensive use of the whole Old Testament. We have noticed in our investigation of the method of Neusner that he has characterized the formation of Rabbinical Judaism as "philosophical, religious and theological" and it always comprises "a theological synthesis". The intertextuality meant for Neusner "a relation of co-presence between two or more texts". His interpretation seems to signify a kind of syncronic approach dealing simultaneously with different aspects of the given text.
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All these are homiletical by nature. The most important and popular Midrashim from this period is the "Tanhuma Midrash" (Yelammedenu) group of eight compilations where the old and the new material is used indiscriminately. Rabbi Tanhuma Bar Abba to whom the Tanhuma Midrash has been ascribed was a Palestinian Amora acting in the second half of the fourth century. ), a central figure in Midrash Ruth also. Tanhuma is noted especially for the proems with which he introduced his discourses. The phrase "R.