Praxis and parable
Subtitle: the divergent discourses of rabbinic Judaism : how Halakhic and Aggadic documents treat the bestiary common to them both
By: Jacob Neusner.
Series: Studies in Judaism
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Talmud.; Animals in rabbinical literature.; Tradition (Judaism); Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.; Jewish law.; Judaism -- Doctrines.; Aggada.
Other titles: Praxis & parable
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: pt. 1. How the Halakhah treats the bestiary. The Mishnah; value: Abot and the Tosefta; value: Sifra; value: Sifré to Numbers; value: Sifré to Deuteronomy; value: Mekhilta attributed to R. Ishmael; value: Yerushalmi: the Halakhic corpus; value: Bavli: the Halakhic corpus; value: pt. 2. How the Aggadah treats the bestiary. Genesis Rabbah; value: Leviticus Rabbah; value: Pesiqta deRab Kahana; value: Ruth Rabbah; value: Esther Rabbah I; value: Song of Songs Rabbah; value: Lamentations Rabbah; value: The fathers according to Rabbi Nathan; value: Yerushalmi: the Aggadic corpus; value: Bavli: the Aggadic corpus; value: The outcome: why does rabbinic Judaism resort to two modes of discourse?