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The Old Testament term mashal and its New Testament counterpart parabolē refer to a continuum of literary forms including proverbs and parables. We classify their occurrences into six types for mashal and three for parabolē. The semantic... more
THE PARABLE OF THE LAME AND THE BLIND IN THE RABBINIC TRADITION: EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CONFRONTATIONS The parable of the Lame and the Blind is included in various rabbinic sources in a midrash that contains a philosophical discussion... more
This is a sample (last proof, not final) of my book "The Meshalim in the Mekhiltot. An Annotated Edition and Translation of the Parables in Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael and Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai" With the assistance of Esther... more
Η παραβολή (εβρ. mašal, στην κυριολεξία «ομοιότητα, παρομοίωση»), αν και έχει τις απώτατες ρίζες της στην πανάρχαια διδακτική γραμματεία της Μεσοποταμίας και αναγνωρίσιμες καταβολές στην πλατειά ελληνιστική μυθογραφία, εξελίχθηκε σε μια... more
The story of the Binding of Isaac is notoriously allusive, not to say cryptic. The difficulty that occupies our text, Genesis Rabbah, is why God chooses to (or God must) swear to Abraham that he and his descendants will be blessed. Why... more
this is a prepub version Full reference: Lieve M. Teugels, “The Contradictory Philosophical Lessons of the Parable of the Lame and the Blind Guards in Various Rabbinic Midrashim”, in D. Nelson and R. Ulmer (eds.), From Creation to... more
In the orginal printed edition, there was a mistake in the table at the end of the article. This has now been corrected.
This is the pre-publication version. This study appeared inLieve M. Teugels, “The Contradictory Philosophical Lessons of the Parable of the Lame and the Blind Guards in Various Rabbinic Midrashim”, in D. Nelson and R. Ulmer (eds.), From... more
This is the popular website of the Utrecht NWO-funded Parable Project. My contribution to this project is the making of an annotated edition of tannaitic meshalim. The first volume, about parables in the two Mekhiltot will appear shortly.... more