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72. Piyyut and Midrash | Dr. Tzvi Novick

72. Piyyut and Midrash | Dr. Tzvi Novick

Update: 2025-08-28
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J.J. and Dr. Tzvi Novick talk prayer, poetry, homily, and some very-old-fashioned exegesis. 

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Tzvi Novick is the Abrams Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.  His first monograph, What is Good, and What God Demands: Normative Structures in Tannaitic Literature (2010), traces foundational structural elements in tannaitic law and ethics, while his second, Piyyuṭ and Midrash: Form, Genre, and History (2018), examines the relationship between early liturgical poetry and rabbinic exegesis.  He is also the author of two introductory surveys, Introduction to the Scriptures of Israel: History and Theology (2018), and Judaism: A Guide for Christians (2025).
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72. Piyyut and Midrash | Dr. Tzvi Novick

72. Piyyut and Midrash | Dr. Tzvi Novick

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