Mishnah and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild
Subtitle: A Socio-Rhetorical Approach (ESCJ)
Contributors: Vernon K. Robbins (Foreword)
Publisher: Canadian Corp. Studies in Religion
Published: May 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780889203754
Subjects: Judaism; Sacred texts; Jewish Religious Texts; Religion; Religion - Socialissues; General; Religion / General; Judaism - General; Judaism - History
Description: The author brings the theoretical and methodological insights of socio-rhetorical analysis to examine Mishnah, the first document authored by the early rabbinic movement and its principal object of study for several centuries.