附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-158) and index.
Toward a new theory of Midrash -- Reciting the Torah: The function of quotation in the Midrash -- Textual heterogeneity in the Torah and the dialectic of the Mekilta: The Midrash vs. source criticism as reading strategies -- Dual signs, ambiguity, and the dialectic of intertextual readings -- Interpreting in ordinary language: The Mashal as intertext -- The sea resists: Midrash and the (psycho) dynamics of intertextuality -- The Song of Songs, lock or key: The holy song as a Mashal -- Between intertextuality and history: The martyrdom of Rabbi Akiva.