Rewriting the Talmud (eBook)

The Fourth Century Origins of Bavil Rosh Hashanah

Marcus Mordecai Schwartz (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
162 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
9783161576010 (ISBN)

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In this study, Marcus Mordecai Schwartz argues that there were two distinct periods in which traditions from Rabbinic Palestine exerted their influence upon extended passages of B. Rosh Hashanah. This doubling of influence resulted in a Babylonian-born text with two distinct Palestinian ancestries. This oddly mixed parentage was responsible for Bavli texts that both resemble synoptic passages in the Yerusalmi and differ from them in substantial ways. The main project of this book is to trace the dynamics of this doubled Palestinian influence and to account for the mark it left on passages of B. Rosh Hashanah.

Born 1971; BA from the University of Nebraska; Rabbi, MA, MPhil, PhD, from The Jewish Theological Seminary; currently serves as director of the Beit Midrash, head of the the Nishma summer program, and assistant professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Titel 4
Acknowledgements?????????????????????????????????????????????? 8
Table of Contents 10
Introduction?????????????????????????????????????? 14
1. Initial Influences and Hypothesis?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 16
2. Additional Scholarly Influences?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 21
a) The Role of the Early Amoraim?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 21
b) The Role of Middle-Generation Babylonian Amoraim???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 28
3. Methodology and Application?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 29
Part I: Rav Hisda???????????????????????????????????????????????? 36
Chapter One: Hisda Dicta and Materials in the Yerushalmi?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 38
1. This Law???????????????????????????????????? 39
2. Documents?????????????????????????????????????? 44
3. The New Year for Kings???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 47
Chapter Two: The Core-sugya???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 53
1. The First Stammaitic Interlude: 2a:15, 2b:5?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 53
2. Toseftan baraita: 2b:5–10?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 54
3. The Second Stammaitic Interlude: 2b:10–21?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 54
4. Rabbi Yohanan’s Dictum: 2b:21–28???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 55
5. Stammaitic Challenges: 2b:28, 3a:23?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 57
6. Rabbi Elazar’s Dictum, 3a:23–26?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 65
7. Ravina and Rav Ashi, 3a:26–32?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 65
8. Baraita in support of Rabbi Yohanan, 3a:32–42?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 68
Chapter Three: Summary and Conclusions?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 72
Part II: Rava???????????????????????????????????????? 76
Chapter One: Concerning Rava and Rabbah???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 78
Chapter Two: Structures and Themes?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 80
1. The Bavli Passage?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 80
2. The Yerushalmi Passage???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 87
Chapter Three: Analysis of B. Rosh Hashanah 29b:24–30a:34???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 93
1. Section One: Units 1–4???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 94
a) Conclusion One: Rava appears as the main voice at unit 2, not Rabbah???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 94
b) Conclusion Two: Rava drew on Palestinian material?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 95
c) Conclusion Three: Rava may have adapted Babylonian material from other redacted Babylonian contexts and incorporated them in a new sugya???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 97
d) Conclusion Four: Section one of our passage was originally a separate sugya from sections two and three?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 98
2. The Baraita of the House of Shemuel?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 101
3. Rabbah???????????????????????????????? 106
4. Sections Two and Three: Units 5–8?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 110
a) Rabbi Hiyya b. Gamda’s Statement???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 112
b) The Editorial Frame?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 113
c) Recapitulation of the Structure of the Yerushalmi?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 115
Chapter Four: Summary and Conclusions???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 119
Conclusion?????????????????????????????????? 120
1. Corroborating Assumptions?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 120
2. The Content of This Study?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 123
3. Rav Hisda?????????????????????????????????????? 124
4. Rava???????????????????????????? 126
5. The Relevance of This Study?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 131
Appendices to Part I?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 134
1. Hebrew text: JTS 108 EMC 319 B. Rosh Hashanah 2a:10–3a:41?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 134
2. An Aggadic Example???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 136
3. Hisda Citations in B. Rosh Hashanah?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 139
a) References 6 and 12 (8a:38, 8b:10)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 140
b) Reference 18 (17a:43)?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 140
c) Reference 20???????????????????????????????????????????? 140
Appendices to Part II???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 142
1. Hebrew Text: JTS 108 EMC 319 B. Rosh Hashanah 29b:24–30a:34?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 142
2. Midrashic Synopsis???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 143
3. Rava Citations with Yerushalmi Parallels???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 144
Bibliography?????????????????????????????????????? 146
Index of Sources?????????????????????????????????????????????? 156
Index of Subjects and Names???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 159

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
• ISBN-13: 9783161576010 / 9783161576010