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Pesikta (Jewish
Babylonian Aramaic: פסיקתא)
refers to a
number of
collections of
rabbinic literature:
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana,
published in 1868 and 1962...
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Pesikta Rabbati (Hebrew: פסיקתא רבתי P'siqta Rabbita, "The
Larger P'siqta") is a
collection of
aggadic midrash (homilies) on the
Pentateuchal and prophetic...
- The
Pesikta, a
compilation of
homilies on
special Pentateuchal and
Prophetic lessons (early 8th century), in two versions:
Pesikta Rabbati Pesikta de-Rav...
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composed largely of
older works. Its
redactor made use of
Genesis Rabbah,
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, and the
Jerusalem Talmud, in
addition to
other ancient sources...
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Pesikta de-Rav
Kahana (Jewish
Babylonian Aramaic: פסיקתא דרב כהנא) is a
collection of
aggadic midrash which exists in two editions,
those of
Salomon Buber...
- was a
Talmudist and poet of the 11th century,
author of
Lekach Tov or
Pesikta Zutarta, a
midrashic commentary on the
Pentateuch and the Five Megillot...
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Tanhuma on
Exodus 31:18
Talmud Avodah Zarah 20b; on
putrefaction see also
Pesikta de-Rav
Kahana 54b; for the eyes
compare Ezekiel 1:18 and
Revelation 4:6...
- : 86
Pesikta Rabbati 15.14/15
likewise the four
craftsmen are
listed as Elijah, the King Messiah, Melchizedek, and the
Anointed for War.: 86
Pesikta Rabbati...
- one of the
oldest works of midrash,
along with
Genesis Rabbah and the
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana. The
midrash is quoted,
perhaps for the
first time, by Chananel...
- midrashim. The
midrash is
older than
Pesikta Rabbati,
since the
latter borrowed p****ages
directly from it. As the
Pesikta Rabbati was
composed about 845 C...
