Transmitting Mishnah: the shaping influence of oral tradition
Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah, first published in 2006, reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shank...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mishnah
/ Oral tradition
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Mishnah. Shevuʻot
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Mishnah Criticism, interpretation, etc B Jewish Law Interpretation and construction History To 1500 B Tradition (Judaism) B Oral communication ; Religious aspects ; Judaism B Jewish law ; Interpretation and construction ; History ; To 1500 B Oral communication Religious aspects Judaism B Mishnah Shevuʿot Criticism, interpretation, etc B Mishnah ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Mishnah ; Shevuʻot ; Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah, first published in 2006, reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed a model of transmission that is both active and constructive. Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from tractate Shevuot and its Talmudic commentaries, Alexander alerts us to the fact that transmitters and handlers of mishnaic text crafted both the vagaries of expression and its received meanings. She illustrates how the authority of the Mishnah grew as the result of the sustained attention of a devoted community of readers and students. She also identifies the study practices and habits of analysis that were cultivated by oral performance and shows how they were passed on in tandem with the verbal contents of the Mishnah, thereby influencing how the text was received and understood. 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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| ISBN: | 0511584563 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511584565 |