Stories of the law : narrative discourse and the construction of authority in the Mishnah /
Simon-Shoshan, Moshe,1970-
New York : Oxford University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- Pt. I. Narrativity in the Mishnah -- Stories, narratives, and narrativity -- A typology of Mishnaic forms -- Mishnaic topography -- The Mishnah in comparative context -- Pt. II. The Mishnaic story -- Transmission, redaction, and rhetoric -- Exempla: who is a rabbi? -- Case stories: repetition and renewal -- Etiological stories: original nightmares -- Conclusion.
Narration in rabbinical literature.
Mishnah
Jewish law in literature.