The Vitality of Rabbinic Imagination The

Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and astonishing ways about familiar things. This study compares the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Theology and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard College.

PREFACE

vii

1. THE MISHNAH'S INDICATIVE TRAITS

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

1

(11)

ii. Extension, Amplification, and Syllogistic Character [1]: From Cases to Rules

12

(4)

iii. Extension, Amplification, and Syllogistic Character [2]: From Rules to Generalizations

16

(3)

2. THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (Ex. 20:22-23:33) AND MISHNAH-TRACTATE BABA QAMMA

19

(14)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

20

(5)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing the Book of the Covenant and Mishnah-Tractate Baba Qamma

25

(6)

iii. Mishnah-tractate Baba Qamma against the Book of the Covenant

31

(2)

3. THE PRIESTLY CODE (LEV. 1-15) AND MISHNAH-TRACTATE MENAHOT

33

(30)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

33

(22)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing Components of the Priestly Code and Mishnah-Tractate Menahot

55

(6)

iii. Mishnah-Tractate Menahot against the Priestly Code

61

(2)

4. THE HOLINESS CODE (LEV. 17-26) AND MISHNAH-TRACTATES BABA MESIA AND KILAYIM

63

(22)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

63

(3)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing Components of the Holiness Code and Mishnah-Tractates Baba Mesia and Kilayim

66

(15)

iii. Mishnah-Tractates Baba Mesia and Kilayim against the Holiness Code

81

(4)

5. THE DEUTERONOMIC CODE (DT. 12-26) AND MISHNAH-TRACTATES GITTIN AND HULLIN

85

(20)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

85

(6)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing Components of the Deuteronomic Code and Mishnah-Tractate- Gittin

91

(9)

iii. Mishnah-Tractate Hullin against the Deuteronomic Code

100

(5)

6. THE DAMASCUS COVENANT (CD) AND MISHNAH-TRACTATE SHABBAT

105

(40)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

105

(4)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing Components of the Damascus Covenant and Mishnah-Tractate

109

(20)

iii. Mishnah-Tractate Shabbat against the Damascus Covenant

129

(16)

7. THE MANUAL OF DISCIPLINE (1QS) AND MISHNAH- AND TOSEFTA-TRACTATE DEMAI AND MISHNAH-TRACTATE TOHOROT

145

(32)

i. Topical Cogency and Comprehensiveness

145

(4)

ii. Syllogistic Character: Comparing Components of the Manual of Discipline and Mishnah- and Tosefta-Tractate Demai and Mishnahtractate Tohorot

149

(20)

a. The Syllogisms of the Manual of Discipline, the Matter of Contextualization

149

(4)

b. The Syllogisms of Mishnah- and Tosefta-Tractate Demai, the Matter of Contextualization

153

(11)

c. The Syllogisms of Mishnah-Tractate Tohorot, the Matter of Contextualization

164

(5)

iii. Mishnah-Tractates Demai and Tohorot against the Manual of Discipline

169

(12)

a. Demai

170

(3)

b. Tohorot

173

(4)

EPILOGUE

177

(4)

APPENDIX THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEUTERONOMIC LAW

181

Stephen A. Kaufman,

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati

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