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Transmitting Mishnah

Name: Transmitting Mishnah
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 02047450
Price: 52027 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
ISBN: 9780521857505

The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 02047450

Publishers Cambridge University Press, July 2006

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Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah, first published in 2006, reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed a model of transmission that is both active and constructive. Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from tractate Shevuot and its Talmudic commentaries, Alexander alerts us to the fact that transmitters and handlers of mishnaic text crafted both the vagaries of expression and its received meanings. She illustrates how the authority of the Mishnah grew as the result of the sustained attention of a devoted community of readers and students. She also identifies the study practices and habits of analysis that were cultivated by oral performance and shows how they were passed on in tandem with the verbal contents of the Mishnah, thereby influencing how the text was received and understood.