Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud
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Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud

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Structure and Form in the Babylonian Talmud

About this book

This book attempts to uncover the basic form and structure of the Babylonian Talmud, which is a centrally important text in Jewish studies. The contribution made by Dr Jacobs to the study of the Talmud consists in his presentation of the literary principles employed in its composition, and he here presents a clear survey indicating the manner in which earlier material was reworked in order to make each component, or sugya, into a carefully structured and self-consistent unit. Jacobs compares the editors' methods in this regard with the manner in which Shakespeare converted the variety of chronicles and source material available to him into a much more dramatic literary form, which - while preserving the kernel of the story - completely transformed its character and impact. Dr Jacobs' study constitutes an excellent introduction to the Babylonian Talmud and to the nature of rabbinic thinking.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. The Babylonian Talmud: an introductory note
  10. 1 How much of the Babylonian Talmud is pseudepigraphic?
  11. 2 The Babylonian Talmud: an academic work
  12. 3 Rabbinic views on the order and authorship of the Biblical books
  13. 4 Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 11a—12b
  14. 5 Literary analysis of the sugya in Bava Kama 20a—21a
  15. 6 Literary analysis of the sugya on taking the blame on oneself
  16. 7 Literary analysis of the sugya of 'half and half'
  17. 8 Rabbi Joshua b. Hananiah and the elders of the house of Athens
  18. 9 Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabban Gamaliel and Rabbi Joshua
  19. 10 Bavli and Yerushalmi on Rabbi Dosa and the Sages
  20. 11 The Rabbi Banaah stories in Bava Batra 58a—b
  21. 12 The device of addehakhi, 'just then'
  22. 13 Conclusion
  23. Glossary
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography