A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 19

by Jacob Neusner PhD (Editor)

Overview

The history of Jews from the period of the Second Temple to the rise of Islam.
From 'A History of the Mishnaic Law of Appointed Times, Part 1'
This volume introduces the sources of Judaism in late antiquity to scholars in adjacent fields, such as the study of the Old and New Testaments, Ancient History, the ancient Near East, and the history of religion. In two volumes, leading American, Israeli, and European specialists in the history, literature, theology, and archaeology of Judaism offer factual answers to the two questions that the study of any religion in ancient times must raise. The first is, what are the sources — written and in material culture — that inform us about that religion? The second is, how have we to understand those sources in reconstructing the history of various Judaic systems in antiquity. The chapters set forth in simple statements, intelligible to non-specialists, the facts which the sources provide. Because of the nature of the subject and acute interest in it, the specialists also raise some questions particular to the study of Judaism, dealing with its historical relationship with nascent Christianity in New Testament times. The work forms the starting point for the study of all the principal questions concerning Judaism in late antiquity and sets forth the most current, critical results of scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597529433
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	04/01/2007
Series:	Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity , #19
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles, both scholarly and academic and popular and journalistic, and is the most published humanities scholar in the world. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees, including seven U.S. and European honorary doctorates. He received his AB from Harvard College in 1953, his PhD from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in 1961, and rabbinical ordination and the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960.

Neusner is editor of the Encyclopedia of Judaism (Brill, 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of The Review of Rabbinic Judaism, and Editor in Chief of The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, both published by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands. He is editor of Studies in Judaism, University Press of America.

Neusner resides with his wife in Rhinebeck, New York. They have a daughter, three sons and three daughters-in-law, six granddaughters and two grandsons.

Table of Contents

Preface     XI
Correction     XV
Abbreviations and Bibliography     XVII
Transliterations     XXII
Tebul Yom
Introduction to Tebul Yom     3
Tebul Yom Chapter One     11
Tebul Yom Chapter Two     21
Tebul Yom Chapter Three     40
Tebul Yom Chapter Four     52
Mishnah-Tosefta Tebul Yom. Translation     60
Tebul Yom: Literary Problems     76
Introduction     76
Mishnah and Tosefta     76
The Relationship between Mishnah and Tosefta     76
The Organization and Redaction of Tosefta     77
Tosefta as Commentary to Mishnah     77
Tosefta as a Corpus of Autonomous Materials     78
The Two Sources of Tosefta     78
The Two Sources of Tosefta: Literary Traits     79
The Two Sources of Tosefta: Attributional Traits     81
Cumulative Summary     82
Conclusion     82
Forms and Formulary Patterns     82
Forms: Lists     83
Forms: Stories, Narratives, and Precedents     83
Forms: Disputes and Debates     83
Formulary Patterns: Apocopation     85
FormularyPatterns: The Declarative Sentence     85
Formally Disciplined and Balanced Sentences in a Major Unit of Tradition     85
Formulary Patterns: The Declarative Sentence     86
Mishnah's and Tosefta's Glosses of Mishnah     86
Formulary Patterns; The Declarative Sentence     86
Miscellaneous     86
Conclusion     87
Tebul Yom: Historical Problems     88
Introduction     88
Attributions     88
Unattributed Pericopae     88
Attributions     89
The Weaving of the Law     91
The Thematic Units of Tebul Yom     91
The Uncleanness of the Tebul Yom     91
Connection and the Tebul Yom     94
Conclusion     99
Yadayim
Introduction to Yadayim     103
Yadayim Chapter One     109
Yadayim Chapter Two     120
Yadayim Chapter Three     136
Yadayim Chapter Four     145
Mishnah-Tosefta Yadayim. Translation     156
Yadayim: Literary Problems     177
Introduction     177
Mishnah and Tosefta     177
The Relationship between Mishnah and Tosefta     177
The Organization and Redaction of Tosefta     177
Tosefta as Commentary to Mishnah     178
Tosefta as a Corpus of Autonomous Materials     179
The Two Sources of Tosefta     179
The Two Sources of Tosefta: Literary Traits     180
The Two Sources of Tosefta: Attributional Traits     181
Cumulative Summary     182
Conclusion     183
Forms and Formulary Patterns     183
Forms: Lists     183
Forms: Stories, Narratives, and Precedents     183
Forms: Disputes and Debates     183
Formulary Patterns: Apocopation     185
Formulary Patterns: The Declarative Sentence     185
Formally Disciplined and Balanced Sentences in a Major Unit of Tradition     185
Formulary Patterns: The Declarative Sentence     186
Mishnah's and Tosefta's Glosses of Mishnah     186
Formulary Patterns: The Declarative Sentence     186
Miscellaneous     186
Conclusion     187
Yadayim: Historical Problems     188
Introduction     188
Attributions     188
Unattributed Pericopae     188
Attributions     189
The Weaving of the Law     190
The Deposition of Gamaliel II: An Examination of the Sources   Robert Goldenberg     197
Index     225