Transmitting Mishnah : the shaping influence of oral tradition

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
xvi, 246 p. ; 24 cm
Book
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  • The oral conceptual lens
  • Caveats to the theory of oral composition
  • The literary and the oral in Mishnah
  • The theory of textual corruption
  • The present study
  • A brief introduction to the tractate of oaths and other technical terminology
  • Sharing an overarching structural framework : M. Shev 5:4-5 and T. Shev. 2:16
  • Fixed phrases in common : M. Shev. 7:1-7 and T. Shev 6:1-4
  • Shared underlying conceptual concerns : M. Shev. 3:4 and T. Shev. 2:1-2
  • Using the talmudic commentaries
  • Omnisignificance, atomization, and a narrow exegetical focus
  • The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:1
  • The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:1
  • Ascribing increasingly intense degrees of authorial intention
  • The Yerushalmi on M. Shev. 3:8
  • The Bavli on M. Shev. 3:2-3
  • The casuistic form in biblical and ancient Near Eastern codes
  • Basic casuistic form : using particular cases to illustrate general rules
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index
  • Cambridge University Press
  • 0521857503 (hardcover)
  • 9780521857505 (hardcover)
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/AKKv