Transmitting Mishnah
Subtitle: the shaping influence of oral tradition
By: Elizabeth Shanks Alexander.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780521857505
Subjects: Mishnah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Mishnah. Shevuʻot -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Tradition (Judaism); Oral communication -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.; Jewish law -- Interpretation and construction -- History -- To 1500.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The oral conceptual lens; title: Caveats to the theory of oral composition; title: The literary and the oral in Mishnah; title: The theory of textual corruption; title: The present study; title: A brief introduction to the tractate of oaths and other technical terminology; title: Sharing an overarching structural framework : M. Shev 5:4-5 and T. Shev. 2:16; title: Fixed phrases in common : M. Shev. 7:1-7 and T. Shev 6:1-4 97; title: Shared underlying conceptual concerns : M. Shev. 3:4 and T. Shev. 2:1-2; title: Using talmudic commentaries; title: Omnisignificance, atomization, and a narrow exegetical focus; title: The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:1; title: The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:1; title: Ascribing increasingly intense degrees of authorial intention; title: The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:8; title: The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:2-34; title: Casuistic form in biblical and ancient Near Eastern codes; title: Basic casuistic form : using particular cases to illustrate general rules; title: The series of related cases : an exercise in compare and contrast; title: Improbable cases : exploring how different legal principles intersect; title: Borderline cases and disputes : fleshing out legal ambiguities; title: Pedagogical uses of borderline cases; title: The unsolvable problem; title: Using borderline cases to understand disagreements; title: Borderline cases in mishnaic exegesis; title: An extended exercise in probing mishnaic ambiguity.