Examining the origins of the "Amoraic Baraitot" in Nehardea: the case of Tannei Tanna Qameh de R. Sheshet/de R. Nahman

This study re-examines the nature and origins of the halakhah that is presented in one of the largest collections of amoraic baraitot identified by scholars as representative of pre-talmudic Babylonian halakhah : “ tannei tanna qameh de R. Sheshet/de R. Nahman. ” A systematic analysis of these barai...

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Subtitles:לבחינת מקורן של ״הברייתות האמוראיות״ בנהרדעא: המקרה של ״תני תנא קמיה דרב ששת/דרב נחמן״
Main Author: Cohen, Barak S. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Hebrew
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Published: College 2014
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 82/83, Pages: 29-59
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Tannaim / Halacha / Tradition / Babylonian Talmudic
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
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Summary:This study re-examines the nature and origins of the halakhah that is presented in one of the largest collections of amoraic baraitot identified by scholars as representative of pre-talmudic Babylonian halakhah : “ tannei tanna qameh de R. Sheshet/de R. Nahman. ” A systematic analysis of these baraitot in the two talmudim (about 30 traditions) demonstrates that the overwhelming majority of “ tannei tanna qameh ” baraitot reflect a Palestinian halakhic tradition (more than 80%). These findings preclude us from accepting the scholarly opinion that these baraitot reflect a Babylonian halakhic tradition originating in the pre-talmudic period, or even a Babylonian tradition from a later period. This study allows us to reopen the larger question of the existence of pre-talmudic Babylonian halakhic traditions. Ultimately, we will have a greater awareness and appreciation of the influence that tannaitic traditions in the land of Israel had on Babylonian rabbinic study, already in the early talmudic period.
ISSN:0360-9049
Contains:Enthalten in: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion