Elizabeth Shanks Alexander, Alexander Elizabeth Shanks

Transmitting Mishnah

The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transmitting Mishnah reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9780521104623
• ISBN-10: 0521104629
• Artikelnr.: 25686726

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 1998. She has taught at Haverford College, Smith College and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. She received an NEH summer grant to work on this book.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Mishnaic Textuality
Part II. The Spiritualisation of Mishnah
Part III. Modes of legal analysis in the Mishnah
Part IV. The Cultivation of an analytic habit and it impact on Mishnaic Exegesis
Conclusion.