03260nam 2200661 a 450 991082706340332120200520144314.01-280-68825-4978661366519590-04-22798-910.1163/9789004227989(CKB)2670000000212054(EBL)934332(OCoLC)795120524(SSID)ssj0000678385(PQKBManifestationID)11424814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678385(PQKBWorkID)10727538(PQKB)10267784(MiAaPQ)EBC934332(nllekb)BRILL9789004227989(Au-PeEL)EBL934332(CaPaEBR)ebr10569504(CaONFJC)MIL366519(PPN)170736458(EXLCZ)99267000000021205420120201d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Mishnaic Sotah ritual[electronic resource] temple, gender and midrash /by Ishay Rosen-Zvi ; translated by Orr ScharfLeiden ;Boston Brill20121 online resource (302 p.)Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism,1384-2161 ;v. 160Description based upon print version of record.90-04-21049-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. Textual studies -- pt. 2. Contextualizations.This study analyzes the specific textual formation of Mishna Sotah. Diverging significantly from its origins in the book of Numbers, the Mishnaic ritual was traditionally read by scholars as an \'ancient Mishna\', narrating an actual ritual practiced in the second temple. In contrast to this generally accepted view, this book claims that while Sotah does contain some traditions, its overall composition has a clear ideological and academic form. Furthermore, comparisons with parallel Tannaitic sources reveal the ideological redaction, which carefully selected only those opinions which support its rewriting of the ritual as a public punitive ritual, while rejecting all reservations and opposition to its specific punitive character – even ignoring the possibility of innocence of the suspected adulteress. The author’s groundbreaking conclusion is that, regardless of the form the real ritual did or did not take at the temple, the specific Mishnaic ritual was (re)invented by the rabbis in the second century C.E. From its very inception, it was purely textual, reflecting rabbinic imagination rather than memory.Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;v. 160.Adultery (Jewish law)Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticismWomen (Jewish law)Adultery (Jewish law)Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.Women (Jewish law)296.4/9Rosen-Zvi Ishay1596169Scharf Orr1673441MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827063403321The Mishnaic Sotah ritual4037536UNINA