Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Jacob Neusner
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   45
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.625kg
ISBN:  

9789004114920

ISBN 10:   9004114920
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   17 June 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

1. THE MISHNAH AND SCRIPTURE i. Category-Formations of the Halakhah Wholly Framed by the Written Torah a) Horayot b. Negaim c. Pesahim d. Shebuot e. Sotah f. Sukkah g. Yoma ii. What the Oral Torah Did Not Contribute iii. Category-Formations of the Halakhah Wholly Defined within the Oral Torah iv. Categories that Encompass in their System Facts Set forth in Scripture [1] Berakhot v. Categories that Encompass in their System Facts Set forth in Scripture: [2] Taanit vi. The Oral Torah Forms a Category out of Scripture(1)s Topic: Tamid vii. Categories beyond Scripture(1)s Framework but Subordinate to Scripture(1)s Own Categories: Demai viii. The Oral Torah(1)s Own Categories [1]: Scripture(1)s Imperatives without Scripture(1)s Facts. Tohorot ix. The Oral Torah(1)s Own Categories: [2] Uqsin x. The Oral Torah(1)s Own Categories: [3] Ketubot xi. The Oral Torah(1)s Original Categories: [4] Qiddushin xii. The Oral Torah(1)s Original Categories xiii. The Oral Torah Systematizes the Written Torah(1)s Category-Formations, Spirit and Letter Alike: The Four Interstitial Categories a. Subordinate but Not Concentric Expositions of the Same Category-Formations b. Received Topics, Innovative Compositions of Category-Formations Thereof c. Received Letter, New Spirit: The Asymmetrical Category-Formations of the Oral Torah d. A Fresh Statement out of a Familiar Topic and Routine Exposition thereof xiv. Same Spirit, Same Letter < But Lots More Letters a. Abodah Zarah b. Arakhin c. Bekhorot d. Bikkurim e. Keritot f. Maaser Sheni g. Meilah h. Menahot i. Nedarim-Nazir j. Peah k. Rosh Hashanah l. Shebi(1)it m. Sheqalim n. Yebamot xv. Where the Letter Gives Life to the Spirit xvi. Types of Independent Exposition of Received Category-Formations. When the Oral Torah Reorganizes the Written Torah(1)s Category-Formation a. Baba Qamma-Baba Mesia-Baba Batra b. Hagigah c. Kelim d. Megillah e. Miqvaot f. Sanhedrin-Makkot g. Zebahim xvii. Kaleidoscopic Discourse xviii. Same Letter, New Spirit: When the Oral Torah Asks its Own Questions about the Written Torah(1)s Topical Program a. Besah b. Erubin c. Gittin d. Hallah e. Hullin f. Moed Qatan g. Maaserot h. Makhshirin i. Ohalot j. Parah k. Shabbat xix. Old Dog, New Tricks xx. When the Oral Torah Finds Fresh Issues in Received Information a. Kilayim b. Orlah c. Tebul Yom d. Temurah e. Terumot f. Yadayim g. Zabim and Niddah xxi. Original Variations on Borrowed Themes 2. THE MISHNAH AND ITS TIMES: THE THREE STAGES OF HALAKHIC CATEGORY-FORMATION i. The Starting Point: Second Temple Times ii. Methodological Foundations: Correlating Sequences of Sages with Sequences of Rulings iii. Rabbinic Judaism in Second Temple Times? iv. The Phenomenological Reading: A quo v. The Historical Reading: Ad Quem vi. Constructing Categories for Comparison and Contrast: The Systemic Approach vii. The Formative History of the Halakhic Category-Formations vii. The Halakhah before 70 viii. The Interim-Category-Formation: The Halakhah between the Wars of 66-70 and 132-135 ix. The Halakhah of the Mid-Second Century: The Halakhah(1)s Fully-Realized Category-Formation in Structure and System x. The Oral Torah Seen Whole: The Restoration of Eden through the Reconstruction of Israel(1)s Social Order xi. One Whole Torah, Oral and Written? 3. FORM AND MEANING IN THE MISHNAH i. Formulation and Transmission of the Mishnah: By Whom, For What? ii. Rhetoric and Reality iii. Form and Meaning iv. Language, Reality, and Power v. Language Becomes Ontology

Reviews

Author Information

Jacob Neusner, Ph.D. (1960), Columbia University, is Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida and Professor of Religion at Bard College. In a remarkable career spanning more than 35 years, Professor Neusner has taught and conducted research at centers in North America, Asia and Europe including Dartmouth College, Brown University, the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, Cambridge University, the University of Goettingen and Uppsala University. Honored by awards from many of the world's scholarly societies, his prodigious corpus of published work includes scores of seminal books and essays on Jewish life, law, ideas and tradition which have made him one of the most influential figures in his field in the modern period.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions