Preface | xiii | ||||
Introduction | xix | ||||
The Judaism Represented | xx | ||||
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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) | |||
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5 | (3) | |||
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8 | (6) | |||
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14 | (3) | |||
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17 | (2) | |||
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19 | (2) | |||
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21 | (9) | |||
II. Distinguishing Documents by Distinctive Characteristics: Rhetoric and Topic | 30 | (22) | |||
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30 | (3) | |||
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33 | (1) | |||
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34 | (4) | |||
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38 | (7) | |||
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45 | (7) | |||
III. Documentary Coherence and Differentiation: The Four Logics of Coherent Discourse in Rabbinic Literature | 52 | (21) | |||
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52 | (2) | |||
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54 | (4) | |||
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58 | (3) | |||
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61 | (5) | |||
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66 | (5) | |||
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71 | (2) | |||
IV. The Dialectical Argument in Rabbinic Literature | 73 | (22) | |||
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73 | (2) | |||
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75 | (6) | |||
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81 | (4) | |||
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85 | (3) | |||
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88 | (5) | |||
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93 | (2) | |||
Part Two The Mishnah And Its Exegesis | 95 | (2) | |||
V. The Mishnah | 97 | (32) | |||
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97 | (3) | |||
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100 | (1) | |||
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100 | (1) | |||
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100 | (4) | |||
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104 | (7) | |||
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111 | (13) | |||
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124 | (5) | |||
VI. The Tosefta | 129 | (24) | |||
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129 | (3) | |||
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132 | (1) | |||
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132 | (1) | |||
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132 | (1) | |||
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133 | (1) | |||
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134 | (19) | |||
VII. The Talmud of the Land of Israel | 153 | (29) | |||
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153 | (4) | |||
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157 | (1) | |||
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158 | (3) | |||
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161 | (6) | |||
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167 | (9) | |||
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176 | (6) | |||
VIII. The Talmud of Babylonia | 182 | (39) | |||
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182 | (7) | |||
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189 | (1) | |||
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189 | (1) | |||
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189 | (1) | |||
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190 | (1) | |||
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190 | (1) | |||
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190 | (15) | |||
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205 | (10) | |||
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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) | |||
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223 | (2) | |||
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225 | (3) | |||
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228 | (1) | |||
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229 | (1) | |||
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230 | (2) | |||
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232 | (3) | |||
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235 | (2) | |||
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237 | (1) | |||
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238 | (5) | |||
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243 | (4) | |||
A. Exegetical Discourse and The Pentateuch | 247 | (2) | |||
X. Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael (Exodus) | 249 | (22) | |||
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249 | (3) | |||
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252 | (1) | |||
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252 | (2) | |||
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254 | (1) | |||
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255 | (3) | |||
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258 | (13) | |||
XI. Sifra (Leviticus) | 271 | (34) | |||
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271 | (15) | |||
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286 | (1) | |||
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286 | (5) | |||
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291 | (1) | |||
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292 | (2) | |||
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294 | (11) | |||
XII. Sifre to Numbers | 305 | (23) | |||
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305 | (3) | |||
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308 | (1) | |||
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309 | (8) | |||
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317 | (1) | |||
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317 | (2) | |||
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319 | (9) | |||
XIII. Sifre to Deuteronomy | 328 | (25) | |||
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328 | (2) | |||
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330 | (1) | |||
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330 | (4) | |||
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334 | (2) | |||
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336 | (6) | |||
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342 | (11) | |||
B. Philosophical Discourse: From Exegesis to Proposition | 353 | (2) | |||
XIV. Genesis Rabbah | 355 | (27) | |||
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355 | (4) | |||
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359 | (1) | |||
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359 | (2) | |||
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361 | (1) | |||
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362 | (4) | |||
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366 | (16) | |||
XV. Leviticus Rabbah | 382 | (29) | |||
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382 | (5) | |||
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387 | (1) | |||
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387 | (2) | |||
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389 | (2) | |||
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391 | (2) | |||
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393 | (18) | |||
XVI. Pesiqta deRab Kahana | 411 | (23) | |||
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411 | (4) | |||
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415 | (1) | |||
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416 | (1) | |||
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416 | (2) | |||
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418 | (16) | |||
XVII. Pesiqta Rabbati | 434 | (31) | |||
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434 | (3) | |||
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437 | (1) | |||
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438 | (1) | |||
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438 | (23) | |||
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461 | (4) | |||
C. Theological Discourse: Saying One Thing Through Many Things | 465 | (2) | |||
XVIII. Song of Songs Rabbah | 467 | (20) | |||
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467 | (2) | |||
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469 | (1) | |||
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470 | (1) | |||
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471 | (1) | |||
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471 | (3) | |||
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474 | (13) | |||
XIX. Ruth Rabbah | 487 | (23) | |||
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487 | (2) | |||
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489 | (1) | |||
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490 | (1) | |||
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490 | (6) | |||
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496 | (14) | |||
XX. Lamentations Rabbati | 510 | (23) | |||
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510 | (1) | |||
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511 | (1) | |||
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512 | (1) | |||
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512 | (5) | |||
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517 | (16) | |||
XXI. Esther Rabbah Part One | 533 | (14) | |||
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533 | (2) | |||
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535 | (1) | |||
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535 | (1) | |||
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535 | (1) | |||
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536 | (5) | |||
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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) | |||
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549 | (3) | |||
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552 | (5) | |||
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557 | (9) | |||
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566 | (2) | |||
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568 | (3) | |||
XXIII. Tractate Abot (The Fathers) | 571 | (20) | |||
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571 | (2) | |||
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573 | (1) | |||
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574 | (1) | |||
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575 | (1) | |||
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575 | (6) | |||
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581 | (10) | |||
XXIV. Abot deRabbi Nathan (The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan) | 591 | (18) | |||
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591 | (4) | |||
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595 | (1) | |||
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596 | (1) | |||
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596 | (2) | |||
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598 | (2) | |||
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600 | (9) | |||
Part Five The Targumim | 609 | (2) | |||
XXV. The Targumim in the Context of Rabbinic Literature | 611 | (20) | |||
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612 | (8) | |||
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620 | (1) | |||
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621 | (5) | |||
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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) | |||
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651 | (17) | |||
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668 | (13) | |||
General Index | 681 | (18) | |||
Index to Texts | 699 |
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