The Documentary Form-history of Rabbinic Literature: The documentary forms of the Mishnah

The Documentary Form-history of Rabbinic Literature: The documentary forms of the Mishnah
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher: University of South Florida
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Completes Neusner's description of the formal traits of canonical writings of Rabbinic Judaism. The first volume focuses on the Mishnah, the most formalized of all Rabbinic writings, identifying the paradigms that define the document's literary protocol. The second volume considers the successor documents of the canon and show how from the Mishnah forward, the forms of the later documents relate to those of the earlier ones. Assumes no Hebrew. No index or bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Texts Without Boundaries: Leviticus rabbah

Texts Without Boundaries: Leviticus rabbah
Author: Jacob Neusner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2002
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Rabbinic compilations in the canon of Rabbinic Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, ca. 200-600 C.E., are comprised by two classifications of writing, [1] documentary and [2] non-documentary. Documentary writing conforms to a protocol paramount in, and particular to, a given text, non-documentary writing ignores the distinctive preferences of the compilation in which it appears. The former is defined for each Rabbinic document, respectively, by a unique combination of choices as to form or rhetoric, topic or problem or proposition, and logic of coherent discourse and analysis (terms explained presently). The latter type of writing simply ignores the indicative documentary traits. It thereby crosses the boundaries that separate one text from another, indeed a given canonical compilation from all others. 'Texts without boundaries' refers to writing that ignores the protocols of the document(s) in which it is preserved.