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9780385497510

Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

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    9780385497510

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    0385497512

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  • Copyright: 1999-12-01
  • Publisher: Anchor Bible
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Summary

Nouwen's most immediate and personal work ever, offering courage and hope to htose who have suffered a loss.

Author Biography

Jacob Neusner is one of the world's preeminent authorities on Judaism in the first centuries C.E., and holds the position of Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida in Tampa, where he resides. He was ordained a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and has published more than five hundred books on Judaism

Table of Contents

Preface xiii
Introduction xix
The Judaism Represented xx
Rabbinic Literature
Judaism without Christianity, Judaism despite Christianity xxii
The Perspective of Comparison: If the Literature of Christianity Were Comparable in Character to Rabbinic Literature xxiii
Introducing Rabbinic Literature xxvi
Other Introductions to Rabbinic Literature xxvii
The Documentary Approach to Rabbinic Literature xxix
Part One Rabbinic Literature as a Whole 1(2)
I. Defining Rabbinic Literature and Its Principal Parts 3(27)
The Concept of a Holy Book in the Judaism of the Dual Torah
5(3)
Defining Rabbinic Literature
8(6)
Attributions of Sayings to Sages and Their Place in Rabbinic Literature
14(3)
The Relationships among the Documents of Rabbinic Literature
17(2)
Intertextuality or Intratextuality: Rabbinic Literature as a Community of Texts
19(2)
Compositions and Composites: The Prehistory of Rabbinic Documents
21(9)
II. Distinguishing Documents by Distinctive Characteristics: Rhetoric and Topic 30(22)
Rhetoric, Logic, Topic: The Differentiating Traits of Rabbinic Documents
30(3)
The Rhetoric of Sifre to Deuteronomy
33(1)
The Mishnah's Topical Organization and Its Patterned Language and Forms
34(4)
The Matter of Mnemonics
38(7)
Topical Criteria of Documentary Differentiation
45(7)
III. Documentary Coherence and Differentiation: The Four Logics of Coherent Discourse in Rabbinic Literature 52(21)
Defining Logics of Coherent Discourse
52(2)
The Propositional Logic of Philosophical Discourse
54(4)
The Teleological Logic of Narrative
58(3)
The Non-Propositional Logic of Fixed Association
61(5)
Metapropositional Discourse
66(5)
Tradition, Commentary, and Logic
71(2)
IV. The Dialectical Argument in Rabbinic Literature 73(22)
Defining the Dialectical Argument
73(2)
An Example of a Dialectical Argument
75(6)
The Importance of the Dialectical Argument in Rabbinic Literature
81(4)
The Law behind the Laws
85(3)
The Unity of the Law
88(5)
Dialectics and the Intellectual Dynamics of Rabbinic Literature
93(2)
Part Two The Mishnah And Its Exegesis 95(2)
V. The Mishnah 97(32)
Identifying the Document
97(3)
Translations into English
100(1)
Rhetoric
100(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
100(4)
Topical Program
104(7)
A Sample Passage
111(13)
The Critical Place of the Mishnah in Rabbinic Literature
124(5)
VI. The Tosefta 129(24)
Identifying the Document
129(3)
Translations into English
132(1)
Rhetoric
132(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
132(1)
Topical Program
133(1)
A Sample Passage
134(19)
VII. The Talmud of the Land of Israel 153(29)
Identifying the Document
153(4)
Translations into English
157(1)
Rhetoric and Languages
158(3)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
161(6)
Topical Program
167(9)
A Sample Passage
176(6)
VIII. The Talmud of Babylonia 182(39)
Identifying the Document
182(7)
Translations into English
189(1)
Rhetoric
189(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
189(1)
Topical Program
190(1)
A Sample Passage
190(1)
The Comparison and Contrast of the Two Talmuds: How the Bavli Differs from the Yerushalmi
190(15)
The Bavli's Unique Hermeneutics
205(10)
The Integrity of Truth
215(6)
Part Three The Reception of Scripture: The Three Types of Midrash-Exegesis in Rabbinic Literature 221(2)
IX. Midrash: Writing with Scripture 223(24)
Defining Midrash
223(2)
The Documentary Structure of Midrash
225(3)
Canonical Recapitulation of Systems
228(1)
Writing with Scripture
229(1)
The Three Types of Midrash Compilations
230(2)
Exegetical Discourse and the Pentateuch
232(3)
Philosophical Discourse: From Exegesis to Proposition
235(2)
Theological Discourse: Saying One Thing through Many Things
237(1)
Symbolic Discourse in Verbal Form in the Middle and Later Midrash Compilations
238(5)
The Talmuds and the Midrash Compilations: A Comparison
243(4)
A. Exegetical Discourse and The Pentateuch 247(2)
X. Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael (Exodus) 249(22)
Identifying the Document
249(3)
Translations into English
252(1)
Rhetoric
252(2)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
254(1)
Topical Program
255(3)
A Sample Passage
258(13)
XI. Sifra (Leviticus) 271(34)
Identifying the Document
271(15)
Translations into English
286(1)
Rhetoric
286(5)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
291(1)
Topical Program
292(2)
A Sample Passage
294(11)
XII. Sifre to Numbers 305(23)
Identifying the Document
305(3)
Translations into English
308(1)
Rhetoric
309(8)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
317(1)
Topical Program
317(2)
A Sample Passage
319(9)
XIII. Sifre to Deuteronomy 328(25)
Identifying the Document
328(2)
Translations into English
330(1)
Rhetoric
330(4)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
334(2)
Topical Program
336(6)
A Sample Passage
342(11)
B. Philosophical Discourse: From Exegesis to Proposition 353(2)
XIV. Genesis Rabbah 355(27)
Identifying the Document
355(4)
Translations into English
359(1)
Rhetoric
359(2)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
361(1)
Topical Program
362(4)
A Sample Passage
366(16)
XV. Leviticus Rabbah 382(29)
Identifying the Document
382(5)
Translations into English
387(1)
Rhetoric
387(2)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
389(2)
Topical Program
391(2)
A Sample Passage
393(18)
XVI. Pesiqta deRab Kahana 411(23)
Identifying the Document
411(4)
Translations into English
415(1)
Rhetoric
415(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
416(1)
Topical Program
416(2)
A Sample Passage
418(16)
XVII. Pesiqta Rabbati 434(31)
Identifying the Document
434(3)
Translations into English
437(1)
Rhetoric
437(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
437(1)
Topical Program
438(1)
A Sample Passage
438(23)
Comparative Midrash: Numbers 7:1 in Sifre to Numbers, Pesiqta deRab Kahana, and Pesiqta Rabbati
461(4)
C. Theological Discourse: Saying One Thing Through Many Things 465(2)
XVIII. Song of Songs Rabbah 467(20)
Identifying the Document
467(2)
Translations into English
469(1)
Rhetoric
470(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
471(1)
Topical Program
471(3)
A Sample Passage
474(13)
XIX. Ruth Rabbah 487(23)
Identifying the Document
487(2)
Translations into English
489(1)
Rhetoric
489(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
490(1)
Topical Program
490(6)
A Sample Passage
496(14)
XX. Lamentations Rabbati 510(23)
Identifying the Document
510(1)
Translations into English
511(1)
Rhetoric
511(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
512(1)
Topical Program
512(5)
A Sample Passage
517(16)
XXI. Esther Rabbah Part One 533(14)
Identifying the Document
533(2)
Translations into English
535(1)
Rhetoric
535(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
535(1)
Topical Program
536(5)
A Sample Passage
541(6)
Part Four Writing without Authors: The Sage in Rabbinic Literature 547(2)
XXII. Rabbinic Literature and Individual Sages: Writing without Authors 549(22)
Why No Lives of Saints in Rabbinic Literature?
549(3)
Compositions and Composites Focused upon Individual Sages
552(5)
The Documents That Rabbinic Literature Omits
557(9)
The Sage and the Torah in Rabbinic Literature
566(2)
Individuality and Consensus: Named Authors vs. Authorships
568(3)
XXIII. Tractate Abot (The Fathers) 571(20)
Identifying the Document
571(2)
Translations into English
573(1)
Rhetoric
574(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
575(1)
Topical Program
575(6)
Tractate Abot Chapters Three through Five
581(10)
XXIV. Abot deRabbi Nathan (The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan) 591(18)
Identifying the Document
591(4)
Translations into English
595(1)
Rhetoric
596(1)
Logic of Coherent Discourse
596(2)
Topical Program
598(2)
A Sample Passage
600(9)
Part Five The Targumim 609(2)
XXV. The Targumim in the Context of Rabbinic Literature 611(20)
Paul V. McCracken Flesher
Identifying the Documents
612(8)
Translations into English
620(1)
Sample Passages
621(5)
The Place of the Targumim in Rabbinic Literature
626(5)
Part Six Conclusion 631(2)
XXVI. Rabbinic Literature and the Formation of Judaism 633(18)
Appendix: Two Open Questions in the Study of Rabbinic Literature 651(30)
1. Dating Documents
651(17)
2. The Meaning of Attributions
668(13)
General Index 681(18)
Index to Texts 699

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