03215nam 2200613Ia 450 991015476030332120200520144314.01-282-23278-997866138105260-88920-726-7(CKB)1000000000714027(EBL)685733(OCoLC)753479529(SSID)ssj0000283728(PQKBManifestationID)11228265(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283728(PQKBWorkID)10249869(PQKB)11480522(MiAaPQ)EBC685733(OCoLC)144087062(MdBmJHUP)muse14401(MiAaPQ)EBC3246312(Au-PeEL)EBL685733(CaPaEBR)ebr10147206(EXLCZ)99100000000071402719940308d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud[electronic resource] its social meaning and context /Jack N. LightstoneWaterloo, Ont. Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press19941 online resource (334 p.)Studies in Christianity and Judaism = Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme ;no. 6Includes text in Hebrew-Aramaic.0-88920-238-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Charts; Preface; Abbreviations and Editions; 1 Introduction; 2 Bavli's Structural Formularies; 3 Bavli's Structural Formularies in Comparative Relief; 4 Bavli's Dialectical Formularies; 5 Bavli's Dialectical Formularies in Comparative Relief; 6 Summary and Conclusions: The Social Meaning and Context of Bavli's Rhetoric; Appendix A: A Comparative Analysis of the Distribution of Selected Structural Formulae in Nine Tractates of the Bavli; Appendix B: The Hebrew-Aramaic Texts of b. Avodah Zarah 14b-16a and b. Bekorot 2a-5b; References and Selected Bibliography; IndexVirtually from its redaction about the sixth century A.D., the Babylonian Talmud became the rabbinic document par excellence. Through its lens almost all previous canonical rabbinic tradition was refracted. Study and mastery of the Talmud marked one as a rabbi, a ""master."" This book examines the character, use and social meaning of the formalized rhetoric which pervades the Babylonian Talmud. It explores, first, how the editors of the Talmud employ a consistent and highly laconic code of formalized linguistic terms and literary patterns to create the Talmud's (renowned) dialectical, analStudies in Christianity and Judaism ;6.Rabbinical literatureElectronic books.Rabbinical literature.296.1/25066Lightstone Jack N913110Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154760303321The rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud2045565UNINA