Transmitting Mishnah: the shaping influence of oral tradition
A valuable introduction to mishniac discourse, this text explains why and how the Mishnah, a seemingly dry collection of arcane legal materials, generated so much interest in antiquity and went on to become the central text of the rabbinic curriculum.
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| Summary: | A valuable introduction to mishniac discourse, this text explains why and how the Mishnah, a seemingly dry collection of arcane legal materials, generated so much interest in antiquity and went on to become the central text of the rabbinic curriculum. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 246 S. |
| ISBN: | 0521857503 9780521857505 |
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| adam_text | Acknowledgments page xi
List ofAbbreviations xv
Introduction i
The Oral Conceptual Lens 9
Caveats to the Theory ofOral Composition 14
The Literary and the Oral in Mishnah 18
The Theory ofTextual Corruption 24
The Present Study 29
A Brief Introduction to the Tractate ofOaths and Other
Technical Terminology 31
1 Mishnak Textuality 35
Sharing an Overarching Structural Framework:
M. Shev. 5:4 5 and T. Shev. 2:16 41
Fixed Phrases in Common:
M. Shev. j:i j and T. Shev. 6:1 4 55
Shared Underlying Conceptual Concerns:
M. Shev. 3:4 and T. Shev. 2:1 2 64
Conclusion 73
2 The Scripturalization of Mishnah 77
Using the Talmudic Commentaries 81
Omnisignificance, Atomization, and a Narrow
Exegetical Focus 84
The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:1 86
The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:1 93
Ascribing Increasingly Intense Degrees ofAuthorial Intention 104
The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:8 106
The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:2—3 109
Conclusion 115
3 Modes of Legal Analysis in the Mishnah 117
The Casuistic Form in Biblical andAncient Near
Eastern Codes 123
Basic Casuistic Form: Using Particular Cases to Illustrate
General Rules 128
The Series ofRelated Cases: An Exercise in Compare
and Contrast 141
Improbable Cases: Exploring How Different Legal
Principles Interact 150
Borderline Cases and Disputes: Fieshing Out
Legal Ambiguities 155
Conclusion 167
4 The Cultivation of an Analytic Habit
and Its Impact on Mishnaic Exegesis 174
Pedagogical Uses of Borderline Cases vj )
The Unsolvable Problem 186
Using Borderline Cases to Understand Disagreements 191
Borderline Cases in Mishnaic Exegesis yj
An Extended Exercise in Probing Mishnaic Ambiguity 208
Conclusion 218
Conclusion 220
Bibliography 225
Index 237
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Acknowledgments page xi
List ofAbbreviations xv
Introduction i
The Oral Conceptual Lens 9
Caveats to the Theory ofOral Composition 14
The Literary and the Oral in Mishnah 18
The Theory ofTextual Corruption 24
The Present Study 29
A Brief Introduction to the Tractate ofOaths and Other
Technical Terminology 31
1 Mishnak Textuality 35
Sharing an Overarching Structural Framework:
M. Shev. 5:4 5 and T. Shev. 2:16 41
Fixed Phrases in Common:
M. Shev. j:i j and T. Shev. 6:1 4 55
Shared Underlying Conceptual Concerns:
M. Shev. 3:4 and T. Shev. 2:1 2 64
Conclusion 73
2 The Scripturalization of Mishnah 77
Using the Talmudic Commentaries 81
Omnisignificance, Atomization, and a Narrow
Exegetical Focus 84
The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:1 86
The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:1 93
Ascribing Increasingly Intense Degrees ofAuthorial Intention 104
The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:8 106
The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:2—3 109
Conclusion 115
3 Modes of Legal Analysis in the Mishnah 117
The Casuistic Form in Biblical andAncient Near
Eastern Codes 123
Basic Casuistic Form: Using Particular Cases to Illustrate
General Rules 128
The Series ofRelated Cases: An Exercise in Compare
and Contrast 141
Improbable Cases: Exploring How Different Legal
Principles Interact 150
Borderline Cases and Disputes: Fieshing Out
Legal Ambiguities 155
Conclusion 167
4 The Cultivation of an Analytic Habit
and Its Impact on Mishnaic Exegesis 174
Pedagogical Uses of Borderline Cases vj )
The Unsolvable Problem 186
Using Borderline Cases to Understand Disagreements 191
Borderline Cases in Mishnaic Exegesis \yj
An Extended Exercise in Probing Mishnaic Ambiguity 208
Conclusion 218
Conclusion 220
Bibliography 225
Index 237 |
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