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Transmitting Mishnah :

0521857503

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Transmitting Mishnah :

[Book]

the shaping influence of oral tradition /

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2006.

xvi, 246 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.

The oral conceptual lens -- Caveats to the theory of oral composition -- The literary and the oral in Mishnah -- The theory of textual corruption -- The present study -- A brief introduction to the tractate of oaths and other technical terminology -- Sharing an overarching structural framework : M. Shev 5:4-5 and T. Shev. 2:16 -- Fixed phrases in common : M. Shev. 7:1-7 and T. Shev 6:1-4 -- Shared underlying conceptual concerns : M. Shev. 3:4 and T. Shev. 2:1-2 -- Using the talmudic commentaries -- Omnisignificance, atomization, and a narrow exegetical focus -- The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:1 -- The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:1 -- Ascribing increasingly intense degrees of authorial intention -- The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:8 -- The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:2-3 -- The casuistic form in biblical and ancient Near Eastern codes -- Basic casuistic form : using particular cases to illustrate general rules -- The series of related cases : an exercise in compare and contrast -- Improbable cases : exploring how different legal principles interact -- Borderline cases and disputes : fleshing out legal ambiguities -- Pedagogical uses of borderline cases -- The unsolvable problem -- Using borderline cases to understand disagreements -- Borderline cases in mishnaic exegesis -- An extended exercise in probing mishnaic ambiguity.

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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.

Mishnah-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mishnah., Shevuʻot-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mishnah

Mishnah.

Mishnah., Shevuʻot.

Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction-- History-- To 1500.

Oral communication-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.

Tradition (Judaism)

Exegese

Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction.

Misjna.

Mondelinge overlevering.

Mündliche Überlieferung

Oral communication-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.

Tradition (Judaism)

Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks,1967-

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