Legal fictions : : studies of law and narrative in the discursive worlds of ancient Jewish sectarians and sages /

Legal fictions : : studies of law and narrative in the discursive worlds of ancient Jewish sectarians and sages / / by Steven D. Fraade.

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Ancient Jewish writings combine interpretive narratives of Israel’s sacred history with legal prescriptions for a divinely ordered way of life. Two ancient Jewish societies have left us extensive textual corpora preserving interpenetrating legal and narrative interpretive teachings: the sectarian co...

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Superior document:Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism ; 147
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Fraade, Steven D.
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; 147.
Physical Description:1 online resource (648 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / S. Fraade
  • Chapter One. Introduction: Of Legal Fictions And Narrative Worlds / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Two. Nomos And Narrative Before “Nomos And Narrative” / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Three. Interpretive Authority In The Studying Community At Qumran / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Four. To Whom It May Concern: Miqṣat Ma‘aśê Ha-Torah (4Qmmt) And Its Addressee(s) / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Five. Rhetoric And Hermeneutics In Miqṣat Ma‘aśê Ha-Torah (4Qmmt): The Case Of The Blessings And Curses / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Six. The Dead Sea Scrolls And Rabbinic Judaism After Sixty (Plus) Years: Retrospect And Prospect / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Seven. Qumran Yaḥad and Rabbinic Ḥavurah: A Comparison Reconsidered / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Eight. Looking For Legal Midrash At Qumran / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Nine. Looking For Narrative Midrash At Qumran / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Ten. Shifting From Priestly To Non-Priestly Legal Authority: A Comparison Of The Damascus Document And The Midrash Sifra / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Eleven. Deuteronomy And Polity In The Early History Of Jewish Interpretation / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twelve. Ancient Jewish Law And Narrative In Comparative Perspective: The Damascus Document And The Mishnah / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Thirteen. Theory, Practice, And Polemic In Ancient Jewish Calendars / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Fourteen. “The Torah Of The King” (Deut 17:14–20) In The Temple Scroll And Early Rabbinic Law / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Fifteen. Priests, Kings, And Patriarchs: Yerushalmi Sanhedrin In Its Exegetical And Cultural Settings / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Sixteen. Navigating The Anomalous: Non-Jews At The Intersection Of Early Rabbinic Law And Narrative / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Seventeen. Literary Composition And Oral Performance In Early Midrashim / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Eighteen. Rewritten Bible And Rabbinic Midrash As Commentary / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Nineteen. Rabbinic Midrash And Ancient Jewish Biblical Interpretation / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty. Rabbinic Polysemy And Pluralism Revisited: Between Praxis And Thematization / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty-One. Moses And The Commandments: Can Hermeneutics, History, And Rhetoric Be Disentangled? / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty-Two. Hearing And Seeing At Sinai: Interpretive Trajectories / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty-Three. The Temple As A Marker Of Jewish Identity Before And After 70 C.E.: The Role Of The Holy Vessels In Rabbinic Memory And Imagination / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty-Four. Local Jewish Leadership In Roman Palestine: The Case Of The Parnas In Early Rabbinic Sources In Light Of Extra-Rabbinic Evidence / S. Fraade
  • Chapter Twenty-Five. Afterword: Between History And Its Redemption / S. Fraade
  • Index Of Ancient Authors And Sources / S. Fraade
  • Index Of Modern Authors / S. Fraade
  • Subject Index / S. Fraade.

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