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From: dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (GREEN)
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Subject: Re: Midrash
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Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 08:40:56 EDT
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[Hello, Mr. Golem!]
	The "standard" English translation of the Midrash is:
"The Midrash Rabbah" in 5 volumes by The Soncino Press,
5 Essex Street NY, NY 10002.   This is a very literal, scholarly
translation.   If you want many books in the style of "The Midrash
Says" series, send away for a brochure from:
Mesorah Publications, Ltd (publishers of the Artscroll series)
1969 Coney Island Avenue
Brooklyn, New York  11223  ( they accept mail order by USPS and phone )
	The ArtScroll Tanach/Bible series contains the Hebrew, an English
translation, and commentary drawn from the Talmud, Midrash, Kabbalistic
writings, and contemporary scholars.  Rabbi Moshe Feinstein has also
"approved" the ArtScroll series ( by the way, the English translation
of what he says is something to the effect of that "Although I have
not personally read the entire book, scholars studying with me have,
and I approve...").  Who is Rabbi Feinstein?  One of the most, if not
the most, respected Tzaddiks of 20th Century America!  
Good Reading,
David Seth Green  mhuxi!dsg  201-564-2290

P. S.  While we are on the subject of Midrash, you can still get a copy
of Woody Allen's "Getting Even", which has some rather interesting 
Hassidic Tales.