Recent literary approaches to the Mishnah
Literary approaches to rabbinic literature entered the field through biblical studies, in which scholars from different quarters and different points of reference were using them to make sense of the biblical text as it has come down to us. The literary approach took umbrage at the way in which the...
| Published in: | AJS review |
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| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2008]
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| In: |
AJS review
Year: 2008, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 225-234 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rabbinic literature
/ Mishnah
/ Interpretation of
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Written narratives
B Agricultural seasons B Critical readings B Redaction B Poetry B Rabbis B Talmud B Written composition |
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| Summary: | Literary approaches to rabbinic literature entered the field through biblical studies, in which scholars from different quarters and different points of reference were using them to make sense of the biblical text as it has come down to us. The literary approach took umbrage at the way in which the historical source-critical approach dissects the Bible into its constituent sources. The literary approach was an overt attempt to overcome the fractures that historical criticism had introduced into the surface of the biblical text. It proposed instead to read the text—with all of its surface irregularities, gaps, and hiatuses—as coherent and meaningful. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009408000093 |