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The Contributions Compiled In This Volume Comprise Studies Of Jewish Texts? Biblical, Rabbinic, Medieval, And Modern? As Well As Of Patristic And Medieval Christian Texts, And In One Case, A Passage Of The Muslim Text Par Excellence, The Quran. The Authors, Scholars In The Fields Of Jewish Studies, Catholic And Protestant Theology, Islamic Studies, German Philology Et Cetera, Invited To Reflect On Texts Of Their Respective Disciplines In Context-sensitive Interpretations, Taking Into Account The Link Connecting Midrash, Hermeneutics, And Narrative, Provide Illuminating Narratological And/or Hermeneutical Insights Into The Texts In Question. The Interdisciplinary Dialogue That Characterized The Conference?narratology, Hermeneutics, And Midrash? That Gave Rise To The Volume Proves To Be Rich And Full Of Potential For Further Research In The Direction Proposed By The Series Poetics, Exegesis And Narrative. Studies In Jewish Literature And Art. Introduction / Constanza Cordoni, Gerhard Langer -- Reception Of Biblical Texts Within The Bible: A Starting Point Of Midrash? / Irmtraud Fischer -- Celebration And Narration. Metaleptic Features In Ex 12:1-13,16 / Ilse Muellner -- Midrasch Und Kirchenväter: Parallelen Und Differenzen In Hermeneutik Und Methodologie / Agnethe Siquans -- Reading Against The Grain: Humor And Subversion In Midrashic Literature / Carol Bakhos -- Post-classical Narratology And The Rabbinic Subject / Joshua Levinson -- Kidor's Revenge: Murder, Texts And Rabbis -- An Analysis Of A Rabbinic Tale And Its Transmission (bt Yoma 83b) / Paul Mandel -- Judaizing A Gentile Biblical Character Through Fictive Biographical Reports: The Case Of Bityah, Pharaoh's Daughter, Moses' Mother, According To Rabbinic Interpretations / Lorena Miralles Maciá -- That Is What Is Written -- Retrospective Revelation Of The Meaning Of A Verse In Aggadic Midrash / Susanne Plietzsch -- Lekh Lekha: Midrash Bereshit Rabbah And Tanḥuma To Gen 12:1 / Gerhard Langer -- The Emergence O