The Editorial Nature of the Yalkut Shimoni. An Exploratory Study of the Quotations of Bereshit Rabbah XXII,8-10 in the Yalkut Shimoni KU Leuven
Scientific summary of Phd project
The aim of this research is to explore the editorial nature of the Yalkut Shimoni, a midrashic anthology often dated from the XIII century. While some controversies remain regarding the actual datation of the Yalkut, most scholars date it from the XIII century, but some favour an earlier XI century datation. The Midrashim quoted by the Yalkut Shimoni belong to more then 50 classical midrashic ...