LEADER 03283nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910782630603321 005 20230912125617.0 010 $a1-282-23278-9 010 $a9786613810526 010 $a0-88920-726-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000714027 035 $a(EBL)685733 035 $a(OCoLC)753479529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283728 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228265 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283728 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10249869 035 $a(PQKB)11480522 035 $a(OCoLC)144087062 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse14401 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL685733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10147206 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/00mt9q 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC685733 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3246312 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000714027 100 $a19940308d1994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud$b[electronic resource] $eits social meaning and context /$fJack N. Lightstone 210 $aWaterloo, Ont. $cPublished for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press$d1994 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Christianity and Judaism = E?tudes sur le christianisme et le judai?sme ;$vno. 6 300 $aIncludes text in Hebrew-Aramaic. 311 $a0-88920-238-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aVirtually from its redaction about the sixth century A.D., the Babylonian Talmud became the rabbinic document par excellence. Through its lens almost all previous canonical rabbinic tradition was refracted. Study and mastery of the Talmud marked one as a rabbi, a ""master."" This book examines the character, use and social meaning of the formalized rhetoric which pervades the Babylonian Talmud. It explores, first, how the editors of the Talmud employ a consistent and highly laconic code of formalized linguistic terms and literary patterns to create the Talmud's (renowned) dialectical, anal 410 0$aStudies in Christianity and Judaism ;$v6. 606 $aRabbinical literature 615 0$aRabbinical literature. 676 $a296.1/25066 700 $aLightstone$b Jack N$01102823 712 02$aCanadian Corporation for Studies in Religion. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782630603321 996 $aThe rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud$93726347 997 $aUNINA