Symbol and Theology in Early Judaism

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Locating symbols -- Symbols in verbal form -- Documentary locus of symbolic discourse -- Rabbinic lists of "theological things" -- Documentary evidence -- (1) Halakhi Midrash compilation -- (2) Rabbinic lists of "theological things" -- Documentary evidence. (2) Earlier Aggadic Midrash compilations -- Rabbinic lists of "theological things" -- Documentary evidence. (3) Later Aggadic Midrash complications -- Symbolic discourse in Song of Songs Rabbah -- Symbolic discourse in iconic form -- Archaeological evidence. With tables by Andrew G. Vaughan, as revised by James F. Strange -- Two vocabularies of symbolic discourse -- Appendix I: Inquiry of Max Kaushin -- Appendix II Goodenough's contribution to the study of Judaism -- Index of names and subjects -- Index of biblical and Rabbinic references.