• A New Reading of the Three Dialogues in Mishnah Avodah Zarah

    Author(s):
    Amit Gvaryahu (see profile)
    Date:
    2012
    Subject(s):
    Religions, Mediterranean Region, History, Ancient
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Ancient Mediterranean religions, Talmud, Midrash, and Rabbinics
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6XR50
    Abstract:
    This paper is an attempt to understand the construction and redaction of tractate Avodah Zarah through the study of these dialogue-stories and their context. It will demonstrate sensitivity to genre and aesthetics in exploring questions of higher criticism. Additionally, I explicate the role of the dialogues as a stylistic and rhetorical device in the shaping of tractate Avodah Zarah. This will be a three-fold process. First, I read the dialogues as “stories.” Next, I examine them in light of the collections of mishnayot into which they are embedded. Finally, I present a reevaluation of the place of these dialogues in the overall textual structure of the tractate.
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1628/094457012802917056
    Publisher:
    Mohr Siebeck
    Pub. Date:
    2012-9-25
    Journal:
    Jewish Studies Quarterly
    Volume:
    19
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    207 - 229
    ISSN:
    0944-5706
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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