Creation and Composition: The Contribution of the Bavli Redactors (Stammaim) to the Aggada: 114 (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3161486927 ISBN 13: 9783161486920

Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 2005

Synopsis

The contributors to this book analyze how the redactors of the Talmud transformed and reworked earlier aggadic (non-legal) traditions. Critical study of the Babylonian Talmud is founded on the distinction between two literary strata: traditions attributed to named sages (the Amoraim, c. 200-450 CE) and setam hatalmud, the unattributed or anonymous material. The conclusion of modern scholars is that the anonymous stratum postdates the Amoraic stratum and should be attributed to the Talmudic redactors, also known as Stammaim (c. 450-700 CE.) The contribution of the Stammaim to the aggadic (non-legal) portions of the Talmud - to midrash, narratives, ethics and theology - has received minimal scholarly attention. The articles in this book demonstrate that the Stammaim made a profound contribution to the aggadic portions of the Babylonian Talmud and illustrate the processes by which they created and composed many aggadic traditions.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey Rubenstein, Born 1964; B.A. in Religion from Oberlin College; M.A. in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary; Ph.D. from the Department of Religion of Columbia University; Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies of New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 3161486927
• ISBN 13: 9783161486920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 466
• Editor: Rubenstein Jeffrey