Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed a model of transmission that is both active and constructive. Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from tractate Shevuot and its Talmudic commentaries, Alexander alerts us to the fact that transmitters and handlers of mishnaic text crafted both the vagaries of expression and its received meanings. She illustrates how the authority of the Mishnah grew as the result of the sustained attention of a devoted community of readers and students. She also identifies the study practices and habits of analysis that were cultivated by oral performance and shows how they were passed on in tandem with the verbal contents of the Mishnah, thereby influencing how the text was received and understood.
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Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed a model of transmission that is both active and constructive.
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Near Eastern, Jacob Neusner, Resh Lakish, Babylonian Talmud, Yom Kippur, New York, The Singer of Tales, Christine Hayes, Pene Moshe, David Weiss Halivni, Oral Torah, Raymond Westbrook, Talmudic Reasoning, Casuistic Elements, Immanent Art, Louis Jacobs, Rabbi Judah's Mishnah, The Iron Pillar, Abraham Goldberg, Magnes Press, Martin Jaffee, New Haven, Oral Poetry, Seder Nashim, Talmudic Stories New!
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Near Eastern, Jacob Neusner, Resh Lakish, Babylonian Talmud, Yom Kippur, New York, The Singer of Tales, Christine Hayes, Pene Moshe, David Weiss Halivni, Oral Torah, Raymond Westbrook, Talmudic Reasoning, Casuistic Elements, Immanent Art, Louis Jacobs, Rabbi Judah's Mishnah, The Iron Pillar, Abraham Goldberg, Magnes Press, Martin Jaffee, New Haven, Oral Poetry, Seder Nashim, Talmudic Stories New!
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- Torah in the Mouth: Writing and Oral Tradition in Palestinian Judaism 200 BCE-400 CE by Martin S. Jaffee on 15 pages
- The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord on 15 pages
- Iron Pillar by Dov Zlotnick on 8 pages
- The Talmudic Argument: A Study in Talmudic Reasoning and Methodology by Louis Jacobs on 7 pages
- The Modern Study of the Mishnah by Jacob Neusner on 7 pages
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