Rivka Ulmer

Biographic Data

ID1438837
NAMERivka Ulmer
GIVEN NAMESRivka
FAMILY NAMEUlmer
SIGNATUREULMER R
AFFILIATIONSBucknell University
ORCID0000-0002-6219-394X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The (Im)possibility of Separating Rabbinic Texts into Literary Genres: Form Analysis and Text Linguistics

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEJewish Studies Quarterly2025

    This paper analyzes rabbinic homiletic texts from the perspective of form analysis in combination with text-linguistic theories. My study indicates that, from the perspective of functional considerations, it is not meaningful to lift small literary forms from a coherent text that depends on a co-text to create meaning. Additionally, the concepts of genre and parable need to be abandoned and replaced by texttype and mashal. The form-analytical des…

  • Ancient Judaism: New Visions and Views. By Michael E. Stone

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2021

    Ancient Judaism: New Visions and Views. By Michael E. Stone. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011. Pp. xiv + 242. $30 (paper

  • Apocalypticism in the Homiletic Text of Pesiqta Rabbati: Catastrophic Events at the End of Time

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism2019

    The rabbinic homiletic work Pesiqta Rabbati contains several apocalyptic topoi in its homilies that culminate in descriptions of divine intervention in history, total destruction followed by the messianic age at the end-of-time, and justice at the final judgment. Nevertheless, Pesiqta Rabbati does not present itself as an apocalypse, nor does it belong to the text-type “apocalypse.” It contains midrashic apocalypticism by interpreting scriptural …

  • Pirqei deRabbi Eliezer: Structure Coherence, Intertextuality, written by Katharina E. Keim

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism2019

  • Rachel Neis. The Sense of Sight in Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Ways of Seeing in Late Antiquity

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEThe American Historical Review2015

    Over the last few years we have witnessed a burst of publications on the topic of Judaism and the senses, mirroring a trend in Religious Studies. By exploring sight in rabbinic Judaism in Late Antiquity, Rachel Neis's book is a splendid addition to this same trend in Jewish Studies. The range of disciplinary approaches utilized and the scope of texts covered are vast. Neis emphasizes that explanations for vision began in Ancient Greece, and she b…

  • The Contours of the Messiah in Pesiqta Rabbati

    Open AccessRivka UlmerARTICLEHarvard Theological Review2013

    Jewish messianic expectations have had multiple expressions. One such expression was Messiah Ephraim. The midrashic work Pesiqta Rabbati contains numerous messianic passages, as well as entire homilies, that focus mainly upon Messiah Ephraim. Ephraim, a son of Joseph, was adopted by Jacob (Gen 48:5). In Jewish texts other than Pesiq. Rab. , the Ephraimite Messiah was consistently portrayed as a militant figure, a warrior. The objective of this ar…

  • Pesiqta Rabbati: A Text-Linguistic and Form-Analytical Analysis of the Rabbinic Homily

    Rivka B Kern Ulmer, Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2013Cited by: 1

    Pesiqta Rabbati is a unique homiletic midrash that follows the liturgical calendar in its presentation of homilies for festivals and special Sabbaths. This article attempts to utilize Pesiqta Rabbati in order to present a global theory of the literary production of rabbinic/homiletic literature. In respect to Pesiqta Rabbati it explores such areas as dating, textual witnesses, integrative apocalyptic meta-narrative, describing and mapping the str…

  • The Culture of Apocalypticism: Is the Rabbinic Work Pesiqta Rabbati Intertextually Related to the New Testament Book The Revelation to John

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEReview of Rabbinic Judaism2011

  • The Egyptian Gods in Midrashic Texts

    Open AccessRivka UlmerARTICLEHarvard Theological Review2010

    The engagement with Egypt and the Egyptian gods that transpired in the Hebrew Bible continued into the texts produced by rabbinic Judaism. Rabbinic texts of late antiquity and the early medieval period frequently presented images of Egypt and its religion. One of the critical objectives of these portrayals of Egypt was to set boundaries of Jewish identity by presenting rabbinic Judaism in opposition to Egyptian culture. The Egyptian cultural icon…

  • "Two Men Under One Cloak"-The Sages Permit it: Homosexual Marriage in Judaism

    Jacob A Mo, Jacob A Moss et al.ARTICLEJournal of Homosexuality2008References: 3

    This article examines halakhic (Jewish legal) passages that relate to homosexuality and marriage between two males. The article sets forth the respective positions of contemporary Jewish denominations in regard to homosexual marriage. Homosexual marriage is a case of first impression in Judaism and requires new decisions and new marriage contracts. The principal thesis of the article is that contemporary Judaism can accommodate philosophically--b…

  • Response to Chaim Milikowsky, "Further on Editing Rabbinic Texts," JQR 90 (1999) 137-149

    Rivka B Kern Ulmer, Rivka UlmerARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review2001

  • Response to Chaim Milikowsky, "Further on Editing Rabbinic Texts," "JQR" 90 (1999) 137-149

    Rivka B Kern Ulmer, Rivka UlmerARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review2001

  • Further Manuscript Evidence of Pesiqta Rabbati: A Description of MS JTS 8195 (and MS Moscow 214)

    Rivka B Kern Ulmer, Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2001

    L'article est consacre a un manuscrit du XIXeme siecle du Pesiqta Rabbati qui contient des homelies rabbiniques conserve a la bibliotheque du Jewish Theological Seminary de New York (MS JTS 8195). L'A. compare des passages de ce manuscrit avec l'edition de Sklow de 1806 et analyse les commentaires du copiste qu'il identifie

  • Rabbinische Texte als Gegenstand der Auslegung: Gesammelte Studien, Vol. 2

    Rivka B Kern Ulmer, Rivka Ulmer et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…2001

  • Further on Editing Rabbinic Texts

    Chaim Milikowsky, Rivka UlmerARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1999

  • The Advancement of Arguments in Exegetical Midrash Compared To That of the Greek

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism1997Cited by: 1

    L'A. propose une comprehension renouvelee de l'agencement progressif des arguments du Midrash exegetique en les comparant a une version grecque. Il s'agit de determiner les influences externes qui president a la construction de cette argumentation : stoicisme et cynisme. C'est le terme grec de diatribe qui reste la clef de comprehension principale du midrash ici etudie

  • Übersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi: I. Seder Zeraim. Traktate 7-8: Maaserot - Zehnte /Maaser Sheni - Zweiter Zehnt

    Martin Hengel, Jacob Neusner et al.BOOKÜbersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi1996

    Die rabbinischen Vorschriften, die in den entsprechenden Ordnungen der Mishna, der Tosefta und des Yerushalrni ausgeführt sind, umfassen einen ersten Zehnten (ma'aserot oder ma'aser rishon) und einen zweiten Zehnten (ma'aser sheni). Der erste Zehnte wird den Leviten gegeben, die davon den Priestern die Zehnthebe (terumat ma'aser) entrichten. Der zweite Zehnte, der zum Verzehr am Tempel an einem Wallfahrtsfest bestimmt ist und im ersten, zweiten, …

  • Postmoderne Talmudische Hermeneutik

    Rivka UlmerARTICLEZeitschrift für Religions- und…1994

  • Eine Anfrage über Homosexualität im jüdischen Gesetz

    Gershom Frankfurter, Rivka UlmerARTICLEZeitschrift für Religions- und…1991