Studies in Rabbinic narratives. Volume 1 / edited by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubenstein, Jeffrey L., editor.

Series:

Brown Judaic studies ; Volume 367.

Brown Judaic studies ; Volume 367

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 417 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Providence, Rhode Island : Brown Judaic Studies, [2021]

Summary:

"Rabbinic literature includes hundreds of stories and briefer narrative traditions. These narrative traditions often take the form of biographical anecdotes that recount a deed or event in the life of a rabbi. Modern scholars consider these narratives as didactic fictions-stories used to teach lessons, promote rabbinic values, and grapple with the tensions and conflicts of rabbinic life. Using methods drawn from literary and cultural theory, including feminist, structuralist, Marxist, and psychoanalytic methods, contributors analyze narratives from the Babylonian Talmud, midrash, Mishnah, and other rabbinic compilations to shed light on their meanings, functions and narrative art"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

"Hornets Came and Consumed Her"

Bio-Power, Sabbath Burdens, and the Badly Behaved Donkey

Problematizing Charity

The Righteous Women of Bavli Sotah

Mishnah as Story

The Iridescence of Scripture

The All-Night Seder in Bene Beraq

The Story-Cycles of the Bavli

The Deposition of Rabban Gamaliel

Jews, Gentiles, and Gehinnom

Conflict over the Essential Nature of Law

Notes on Contributors

Source Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781951498818

195149881X

OCLC:

1243542331