The Native Category - Formations of the

The Native Category-Formations of the Aggadah, Volume I is an attempt to identify the category-formations that comprise the Aggadic, or theological-exegetical-narrative. Through an inquiry of the theological and exegetical components of the Aggadah, Neusner analyses how the authoritative documents of Rabbinic Judaism form a continuous statement.

Preface

vii

Introduction

xiii

What Is a Category-Formation in an Intellectual Construction?

xiii

The Case of Rabbinic Judaism

xviii

The Halakhah and the Aggadah

xix

Category-Formations, Deductive and Inductive

xxii

How the Aggadah and the Halakhah Relate: Why Identifying Native Category-formations of the Aggadah Matters

xxviii

How to Proceed: Probing the Native Category-Formations of a Particular Text

xxix

The Earlier Midrash-Compilations

xxxii

Genesis Rabbah

1

(28)

Introduction

1

(3)

The Pertinent Passages of Genesis Rabbah

4

(16)

The Category-Formations of Genesis Rabbah: A Survey

20

(3)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the Topical Program of Genesis Rabbah

23

(3)

The Cumulative Result

26

(3)

Leviticus Rabbah

29

(38)

Introduction

29

(3)

The Pertinent Passages of Leviticus Rabbah

32

(26)

The Category-Formations of Leviticus Rabbah: A Survey

58

(2)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the Topical Program of Leviticus Rabbah

60

(5)

The Cumulative Result

65

(2)

Sifra

67

(20)

Introduction

67

(16)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the, Topical Program of Sifra

83

(2)

The Cumulative Result

85

(2)

Sifre to Numbers

87

(20)

Introduction

87

(3)

The Pertinent Passages of Sifre to Numbers

90

(4)

The Category-Formations of Sifre to Numbers: A Survey

94

(1)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the Topical Program of Sifre to Numbers

95

(10)

The Cumulative Result

105

(2)

Sifre to Deuteronomy

107

(10)

Introduction

107

(2)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the Topical Program of Sifre to Deuteronomy

109

(7)

The Cumulative Result

116

(1)

Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael

117

(20)

Introduction

117

(2)

The Pertinent Passages of Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael

119

(9)

The Category-Formations of Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael: A Survey

128

(1)

Testing the Proposed Native Category-Formation against the Topical Program of Mekhilta Attributed to R. Ishmael

129

(4)

The Cumulative Result

133

(1)

Native Categories and Native Category-Formations

133

(4)

Bibliography

137

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The Native Category - Formations of the Aggadah The Later Midrash-Compilations

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