Reading Talmudic sources as arguments : a new interpretive approach

Reading Talmudic sources as arguments : a new interpretive approach /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blanḳovsḳi, Yuval (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, volume 60
Subjects:
Talmud > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Quentin Skinner's Methodology and the Synoptic Problem in Rabbinic Literature
  • 2. Incorporating Uncertainties: Sussmann's Iconic Paper
  • 3. Henshke's Methodological Rebellion: the Internal Dynamic in Talmudic Literature
  • 4. Book's Structure
  • 1. Reading Sources as Arguments
  • 1. Text as an Active Participant
  • 2. Clarifying `Linguistic Environment' and `Concrete Cultural Context'
  • 3. Reading Talmudic Sources as Arguments
  • 4. Similar Formulations and the Synoptic Problem
  • 5. Note about the Concept of `Concrete Cultural Context' as Applied to Rabbinic Literature
  • 6. Rhetoric of the Opponent
  • 7. Mobility of Tradition
  • 2. Silent Revolution: the Talmudic Discussion of Tort Law
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mishnah of the Four Primary Categories of Torts
  • 3. Shabbat, Impurity and Tort Law: a Talmudic Comparison
  • 4. Fifth "Father of Damage"
  • 5. Talmudic Camouflage
  • 6. Two Concepts of the Cause of Liability: Mishnah versus Bavli
  • 7. Status of the Pit
  • 8. Status of Fire
  • 9. Amoraic Dispute about the Status of Fire
  • 10. Conclusion of the Talmudic Discussion
  • 11. Reading the Talmudic Discussion as an Introduction to Tractate Baba Kama
  • 12. Law of Pebbles and Its Origin
  • 13. Logical Sleight-of-Hand by the Sugya's Authors
  • 14. Case of Pebbles as an Offspring of Foot
  • 15. Conclusion
  • 3. Function of Tradition in Talmudic Culture: the Debate on Execution by Decapitation
  • 1. What Is It All About?
  • 2. Parallel Sources as Arguments
  • 3. Mishnah versus Tosefta: Conflicting or Complementary Sources
  • 4. Disputing How to Present the Dispute
  • 5. Rethinking the Synoptic Problem in Rabbinic Literature
  • 6. Presentation of R. Yehuda's Argument in the Talmudim
  • 7. Biblical Source for Execution by Decapitation
  • 8. Biblical Source for Decapitation According to the Yerushalmi
  • 9. Reading the Bavli's Discussion in Context
  • 10. Mobility of Tradition
  • 11. Teaching from the Atoning Heifer
  • 12. Rabbi's Flexible Approach to Tradition
  • 13. Meanings of the Teaching "Choose a Kind Death for Him"
  • 14. Function of Tradition
  • 4. In Search of the Essence of a Talmudic Debate: the Case of Water Used by a Baker
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Reading Tannaitic Sources as Arguments
  • 3. Friedman's and Brody's Harmonizing Approaches
  • 4. Baraitot in the Talmudim
  • 5. Similarities and Differences between My Approach and Those of Friedman and Brody
  • 6. Implications of My Approach for Reading Talmudic Discussions
  • 7. Talmudic Discussions about Water Used by a Baker
  • 8. Yerushalmi's Forced Explanations
  • 9. Halivni's and Friedman's Approach to Forced Explanations
  • 10. Kahana's Approach to Forced Explanations
  • 11. Reading the Sugya as a Substantive Debate That Makes Use of Early Traditions
  • 12. Substantive Explanation of the Tosefta's Corrupt Text
  • 13. Conclusion
  • 5. Rethinking the Synoptic Problem in Tannaitic Literature
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Oral Conception of Parallel Sources: Alexander's Approach
  • 3. Hauptman's Theory and Neusner's Criticism
  • 4. Mishnah's Inconsistency: the Opening of Tractate Baba Kama
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 6. Substantive Approach to Talmudic Literature: the Case of Amoraic Interpretation of Tannaitic Sources
  • 1. Introduction: Fisch's Approach
  • 2. Furstenberg's Reading and the Bavli's Sophistication
  • 3. Fisch's Explanations of the Bavli's Relationship to Tradition
  • 4. Rabbis' Attitude towards Scripture and Early Rabbinic Traditions
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 7. Talmudic Scholasticism and the Agenda of a Sugya's Authors
  • 1. State of Research on the Bavli's Characterization
  • 2. Tzrichuta: a Unique Feature of the Bavli's Anonymous Layer
  • 3. Sugya's Authors' Agendas
  • 4. Forced Relationships among Early Rabbinic Traditions
  • 5. Rethinking Talmudic Conceptually
  • 6. Implicit Tzrichuta: the General Agenda of the Sugya's Authors
  • 7. Discourse Culture of the Bavli's Anonymous Layer
  • 8. Attitude of the Bavli's Anonymous Layer towards Early Rabbinic Traditions
  • 1. Directions for Future Research
  • 2. New Model for a Satisfactory Explanation of Talmudic Sources.

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