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BL
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1044549
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b798919
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Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks,1967-
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| Title & Author
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Transmitting Mishnah : : the shaping influence of oral tradition /\ Elizabeth Shanks Alexander.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2006.
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xvi, 246 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0521857503
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: 9780521857505
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
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| Contents
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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 -- The series of related cases : an exercise in compare and contrast -- Improbable cases : exploring how different legal principles interact -- Borderline cases and disputes : fleshing out legal ambiguities -- Pedagogical uses of borderline cases -- The unsolvable problem -- Using borderline cases to understand disagreements -- Borderline cases in mishnaic exegesis -- An extended exercise in probing mishnaic ambiguity.
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| Abstract
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A valuable introduction to mishniac discourse, this text explains why and how the Mishnah, a seemingly dry collection of arcane legal materials, generated so much interest in antiquity and went on to become the central text of the rabbinic curriculum.
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Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction-- History-- To 1500.
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Oral communication-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.
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Tradition (Judaism)
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Exegese
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Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction.
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Mündliche Überlieferung
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Oral communication-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.
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Tradition (Judaism)
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Misjna.
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Mondelinge overlevering.
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Mishnah-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Mishnah., Shevuʻot-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Mishnah
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Mishnah.
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Mishnah., Shevuʻot.
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| Dewey Classification
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296.1/2306
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| LC Classification
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BM497.85.A44 2006
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| NLM classification
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11.21bcl
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