What is the Mishnah? : the state of the question : the proceedings of a conference at Harvard University / edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Shaye J. D., author.

Contributor:

Cohen, Shaye J. D., editor.

Series:

Jewish Law and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mishnah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mishnah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2022].

Summary:

The Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaism--rabbinic law is based on the Talmud which, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. Yet its sources, genre, and purpose are obscure. What Is the Mishnah? collects papers by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Israel and gives a clear sense of the direction of Mishnah studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contributors

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Abbreviations for the Citation of Mishnah and Talmud

Part I The Mishnah and Its Predecessors

1. The Mishnah and the Bible

2. The Mishnah and Ancient Near Eastern Law

3. The Mishnah and the Dead Sea Scrolls

4. Mishnah and Tosefta

5. The Literary Evolution of the Mishnah

Part II Roman Context and History

6. The Presentation of the Past in the Mishnah

7. The Mishnah and Roman Law: A Rabbinic Compilation of ius civile for the Jewish civitas of the Land of Israel under Roman Rule

8. Mishnah and History

Part III Reading the Mishnah

9. The Rhetoric of the Mishnah

10. Mishnah as Utopia

11. Mishnah and Halakhah

12. Nomos and Mishnah: The Turn to Narrative in Recent Mishnah Scholarship

13. Holiness in the Mishnah

14. The Language of the Mishnah— Between Late Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew

Part IV The Presentation of Persons and Groups in the Mishnah

15. Priests and Pietists in the Mishnah

16. Mishnah, Women, Gender: What Are We Reading For, Where Are We Reading It?

17. Goyim in the Mishnah

18. “And Your People Are All Righteous”: Heretics and Heresy in the Mishnah

Part V Reception and Transmission of the Mishnah

19. The Halakhic Midrashim and the Canonicity of the Mishnah

20. The Publication and Early Transmission of the Mishnah

21. The Reception of the Mishnah from the Geonic Period to the Age of Print

22. The Reception of the Mishnah in the Modern Era

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-674-29370-3

0-674-29371-1

OCLC:

1374540220