Mishnah and the social formation of the early Rabbinic Guild : a socio-rhetorical approach / Jack N. Lightstone ; with an appendix by Vernon K. Robbins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lightstone, Jack N.

Contributor:

Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Series:

Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 11.

Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Études sur le christianisme et la judaïsme ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mishnah--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Mishnah.

Judaism--History--Talmudic period, 10-425.

Judaism.

History.

Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xi, 234 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religeuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Focusing on the Social Meaning of Mishnaic Rhetoric 1

2. Mishnaic Rhetoric 33

3. Tosefta's (Dis)simulation of Mishnah's Rhetoric 79

4. Semahot's Remaking of Mishnah's Rhetoric 121

5. Summary and Conclusions: Rhetoric and Role-Mishnah, Material Evidence and the Emergence of the Rabbinic Guild in Late-Second-Century Galilee 177

Appendix A Comparison of Mishnah Gittin 1:1-2:2 and James 2:1-13 from the Perspective of Greco-Roman Rhetorical Elaboration, / Vernon K. Robbins 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-229) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

088920375X

OCLC:

48075570