The conceptual significance of the prefatory sugya in the Babylonian Talmud

The prefatory sugya is unique in that the Mishnah is treated as a canonical text to be interpreted homiletically like a biblical verse. In this article I shift the scholarly focus from the technical interpretative methods of the prefatory sugya to its internal meaning. Homiletical interpretation of...

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Main Author: Brandes, Yehudah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2018]
In: Journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 22-43
Further subjects:B INTERPRETATION (Philosophy)
B Jewish literature
B Mishnah
B Jewish preaching
B Talmud
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)