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?.