Deviancy in early rabbinic literature : a collection of socio-anthropological essays / by Simcha Fishbane ; with an introduction by Nissan Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishbane, Simcha.

Series:

Brill reference library of Judaism 1571-5000 ; v. 27.

The Brill reference library of Judaism, 1571-5000 ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deviant behavior in rabbinical literature.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Talmud.

Women in rabbinical literature.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xi, 234 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Summary:

This study of early Rabbinic texts provides fresh and fascinating insights into the attitudes of the Rabbis towards outsiders.

Contents:

The case of the modified mamzer in early rabbinic texts

"As the vows of the evil folk": the structure and implicit message of Mishnah's tractate Nazir

"In the case of women-any hand which makes many examinations is to be praised": Niddah as viewed by the rabbis of the Mishnah

"Most women engage in sorcery": an analysis of female sorceresses in the Babylonian Talmud

"Go and enjoy your acquisition": the prostitute in the Babylonian Talmud

"Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil": the physically handicapped in the Mishnah

Toward an understanding of the methodology of Mishnah: the case of Kutim

Descriptive or prescriptive: the case of the gentile in Mishnah

Deviancy in battle: rituals and the Israelite soldier in the Torah and the Mishnah: an anthropological understanding

"Every dream becomes valid only by its interpretation": dreams, dream interpretations and dream interpreters in the Babylonian Talmud.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-220) and index.

ISBN:

9004158332

9789004158337

OCLC:

77494468