Contours of Coherence in Rabbinic Judaism : : Volume 1.

• Superior document: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
• VerfasserIn: Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016,
• Place / Publishing House: Chapel Hill : : BRILL,, 2005.; ©2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE THE DISPUTE IN RABBINIC JUDAISM -- Introduction -- i. From Moore to Hopkins, from Normative Judaism to a Religion out of Bounds -- ii. How Hopkins Shows the Arbitrary and Inane Character of Rabbinic Disputes -- iii. Disputes Define a Native Category of the Rabbinic Canon -- iv. Why Record Disputes at all? -- v. Norms of Law [1]: "Even though these declare unclean, those declare clean … they did not refrain.…" -- vi. Norms of Law [2]: "These and those are the words of the living God but the normative law accords with the position of the House of Hillel" -- vii. Norms of Applied Reasoning and Practical Logic: "Broadening the Tradition" -- viii. Norms of Theology: "And these are the ones who have no portion in the world to come.…" -- ix. God's Stake in the Sages' Contention -- x. Contours of Coherence: Addressing the Dispute in Rabbinic Judaism -- A. THE HALAKHIC DISPUTE: THREE HYPOTHESES -- 1. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition (Tractate): The Case of Mishnah-tractate Makhshirin -- i. The Principal Proposition: Conflict Underscores Consensus -- ii. The Law of Makhshirin -- iii. Scripture's Facts -- iv. The Law without Disputes -- v. The Problematics of the Topic, Makhshirin -- vi. Generative and Subsidiary Principles of Makhshirin -- vii. The Disputes of Mishnah-tractate Makhshirin -- viii. Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- 2. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles: The Case of Mishnah-tractate Besah -- i. The Law of Besah -- ii. Scripture's Facts -- iii. The Law Surveyed -- iv. The Problematics of the Topic, Besah -- vi. Generative and Subsidiary Principles of Besah -- vii. The Disputes of Mishnah-tractate Besah.

viii. Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict of Generative Principles -- 3. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles: The Case of Mishnah-tractate Moʿed Qatan -- i. The Law of Moʿed Qatan -- ii. Scripture's Facts -- iii. The Law Surveyed -- iv. The Problematics of the Topic, Moʿed Qatan -- v. Generative and Subsidiary Principles of Moʿed Qatan -- vi. The Disputes of Mishnah-tractate Moʿed Qatan -- vii. Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- B. DEBATES AND DIALECTICS -- 4. Halakhic Debates -- i. Amplifying the Dispute -- ii. The Debate in the Mishnah: Ascertaining the Governing Analogy -- iii. The Debate in the Tosefta -- iv. The Pseudo-Debate in Sifra -- v. The Debate in the Talmud of Babylonia -- 5. Halakhic Dialectics -- i. Defining the Dialectical Argument -- ii. An Example of a Dialectical Argument -- iii. The Importance of the Dialectical Argument -- iv. The Law behind the Laws -- v. The Unity of the Law -- vi. Why Dialectics Was the Chosen Medium of Thought and Expression for the Mishnah's Heirs and Continuators -- vii. Dialectics and the Intellectual Dynamics of Rabbinic Judaism -- C. THE AGGADIC DISPUTE: FIVE TESTS OF THREE HYPOTHESES -- 6. The Dispute in the two Sifrés -- i. Aggadic Disputes within the Halakhic Classifications -- ii. The Sample Texts -- a. Sifré to Numbers -- b. Sifré to Deuteronomy -- iii. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- iv. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles -- v. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- vi. The Aggadic Dispute: Tannaite Exegesis -- 7. The Dispute in Genesis Rabbah -- i. The Sample Texts -- ii. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- iii. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles.

iv. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- v. The Aggadic Dispute: Midrash Aggadah (Earlier) -- 8. The Dispute in Leviticus Rabbah and Pesiqta deRab Kahana -- i. The Sample Texts -- a. Leviticus Rabbah -- b. Pesiqta deRab Kahana -- ii. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- iii. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles -- iv. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- v. The Aggadic Dispute: Propositional Composites -- 9. The Dispute in Song of Songs Rabbah, Ruth Rabbah, and Esther Rabbah I -- i. The Sample Texts -- a. Song of Songs Rabbah -- b. Ruth Rabbah -- c. Esther Rabbah I -- ii. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- iii. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles -- iv. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- v. The Aggadic Dispute: Midrash Aggadah (Later) -- 10. The Dispute in Narratives: Lamentations Rabbah and The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan -- i. The Sample Texts -- a. Lamentations Rabbah -- b. The Fathers and The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan -- ii. [1] Disputes Reinforce the Generative Premise of a Topical Exposition -- iii. [2] Disputes Articulate Unresolved Conflict over Generative Principles -- iv. [3] Disputes Gloss Details in the Application of Accepted Principles -- v. The Aggadic Dispute: The Narrative -- D. CONTOURS OF COHERENCE -- 11. Halakhic Analysis, Aggadic Synthesis -- i. Contours of Coherence: The Halakhic Dispute and the Aggadic "Another-matter"-Composite -- ii. Halakhic Analysis: The Philosophical Context -- iii. Aggadic Synthesis: Common Denominators and other Signals of Normativity -- iv. Hopkins's Caricature of Rabbinic Judaism Revisited.

a. Judaism nurtures dispute for its own sake vs. the Halakhic Dispute -- b. Judaism possessed no unity vs. the "Anothcr-matter"-Construction -- c. Christianity, but not Judaism, affirmed orthodoxy vs. the Integrity of Rabbinic Judaism -- v. Contours of Coherence -- Appendix Aristotle on Science as the Analysis of Discourse -- i. Theory: Science as Demonstration -- ii. The Practice of Inquiry -- PART TWO SYSTEM OVER SELF: THE LIMITED ROLE OF THE SAGE IN THE BAVLI -- Introduction -- A. THE SAGE IN THE BAVLI: ABBAYYE IN BAVLI BERAKHOT -- Prologue: Bavli Berakhot -- 12.Abbayye the Glossator in Bavli Berakhot -- i. Defining the Issue of the Gloss -- ii. Abbayye the Glossator: The Corpus in Bavli Berakhot -- iii. Does Abbayye's Corpus of Glosses Yield Any Patterns: The Classification of Glosses by Form -- a. Glosses depending on context -- b. Glosses that stand on their own -- iv. Does Abbayye's Corpus Yield Any Patterns: Miscellany or Cogent Corpus -- a. Glosses that suggest a coherent philosophy, theology, or hermeneutic -- b. Glosses that are miscellaneous -- free-floating sayings -- v. Are Abbayye's Glosses Signals of his Participation in a Cumulative Tradition or Do They Constitute Nothing More than a Miscellany of Free-standing Sayings of Indeterminate Venue? -- 13. Abbayye's Rulings in Bavli Berakhot -- i. Defining the Issue of the Free-standing Ruling -- ii. Abbayye's Rulings -- iii. Does Abbayye's Corpus of Free-standing Rulings Yield any Patterns of Form? -- iv. Does Abbayye's Corpus of Free-standing Rulings Yield any Patterns of Intellect? -- v. Do Abbayye's Free-standing Rulings Signal a Place for him in an unfolding, cumulative Tradition or Do They constitute Nothing More than a Miscellany of Free-standing Sayings of Indeterminate Venue? -- 14. Abbayye's Cases in Bavli Berakhot -- i. Defining the Issue of the Case -- ii. Abbayye's Cases.

iii. Does Abbayye's Corpus of Cases Yield Patterns of Form? -- a. Cases depending on context -- b. Cases that stand on their own -- iv. Does Abbayye's Corpus of Cases Yield Patterns of Intellect? -- a. Cases that suggest a coherent philosophy, theology, or hermeneutic -- b. Cases that are miscellaneous -- free-floating sayings -- v. If This, What Else? -- 15. Abbayye and Raba in Bavli Berakhot -- i. Defining the Issue of Fixed Pairs of Attributions -- ii. Composites that Juxtapose the Names of Abbayye and Raba -- iii. Do Abbayye's and Raba's Composites Yield Patterns of Form? -- a. Abbayye's and Raba's Composites that depend on context -- b. Abbayye's and Raba's Composites that stand on their own -- iv. Do Abbayye's and Raba's Composites Yield Patterns of Intellect? -- a. Abbayye's and Raba's Composites that suggest a coherent philosophy, theology, or hermeneutic -- b. Abbayye's and Raba's Composites that are miscellaneous -- free-floating sayings -- v. Do Abbayye's and Raba's Composites Signal a Place for them as a conventional pair in an unfolding Cumulative Tradition, or Do they Constitute Nothing More than a Miscellany of Free-standing Sayings of Indeterminate Venue?.