Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon
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Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon: From the Mishnah to the Talmuds(Studies in Judaism)

Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon: From the Mishnah to the Talmuds(Studies in Judaism)


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Narrative and Document in the Rabbinic Canon, Volume I is a study of the inclusion of biographical narratives about sages in components of the unfolding canon of Rabbinic Judaism in the formative age. These documents are of the first six centuries C.E. and are exclusive of the two Talmuds. A sage is defined here as a man who embodies the Rabbinic system. A sage-story, then, is an anecdote about the life and deeds of a Rabbinic sage. In general, a biographical narrative is the record of things done on a concrete and specific past-tense occasion by named individuals. The stories are not told as part of a sustained biographical account of those individuals' lives, birth to death. In this way, one is able to correlate the unfolding of the sage-story in the Rabbinic canonical sequence with the unfolding of the authorized biography in the counterpart-Christian one. The documentary hypothesis yields the correlation between the advent of the Christian authorized biography and the advent of the sage-story in the later documents of the Rabbinic canon. The sage-stories of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Tannaite Halakhic Midrash-compilations, and Rabbah-Midrash collections are subject to examination. The Yerushalmi and the Bavli come next, in volume II. Here, we ask what is to be learned from a documentary reading of the sage-stories as they unfolded in the canonical setting.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. Narratives of Sages in the Mishnah Chapter 3 2. Narratives of Sages in Tractate Abot and the Tosefta Chapter 4 3. Narratives of Sages in the Tannaite Compilations of Exegeses: Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael, Sifra, Sifre To Numbers, Sifre to Deuteronomy, and Sifre Zuta to Numbers Chapter 5 4. Narratives of Sages in Genesis Rabbah Chapter 6 5. Narratives of Sages in Leviticus Rahhah and Pesiqta deRab Kahana Chapter 7 6. Narratives of Sages in Song of Songs Rabbah Chapter 8 7. Narratives of Sages in Esther Rabbah I Chapter 9 8. Narratives of Sages in Ruth Rabbah Chapter 10 9. Narratives of Sages in Lamentations Rabbah Chapter 11 10. Narratives of Sages in Abot deR. Natan Chapter 12 11. No Life of Yohanan Ben Zakkai, Only Anecdotes about Hillel and Shammai or Gamaliel: How Come? Chapter 13 12. The Advent of Authorized Lives: Why Not?

About the Author :
Jacob Neusner is a leading figure in the American academic study of religion. He revolutionized the study of Judaism and brought it into the field of religion, built intellectual bridges between Judaism and other religions, thereby laying the groundwork for durable understanding and respect among religions. He has advanced the careers of younger scholars and teachers through his teaching and publication programs. Neusner's influence on the study of Judaism and religion is broad, powerful, distinctive, and enduring.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761849513
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America
  • Height: 232 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Series Title: Studies in Judaism
  • Sub Title: Volume I
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0761849513
  • Publisher Date: 11 Nov 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 243 gr


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