A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 5: Ohalot: Literary and Historical Problems (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity) 9781597529297, 159752929X

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A HISTORY OF THE MISHNAIC LA\V OF PURITIES PART FIVE

STUDIES IN JUDAISM IN LATE ANTIQUITY EDITED BY

JACOB NEUSNER

VOLUME SIX

.A HISTORY OF THE MISHN.AIC L.A\V OF PURITIES PART PIVE

A HISTORY OF THE MISHNAIC LAW OF PURITIES BY

JACOB NEUSNER Professor of Religious Stu dies Brown University

PART FIVE

OHALOT LITERARY AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS

Wipf_ & Stock PUBLISHERS Eugene,Oregon

Wipf and Stock Publishers 199 W 8th Ave, Suite 3 Eugene, OR 97401 A History of the Mishnaic Law of Purities, Part 5 Ohalot: Literary and Historical Problems By Neusner, Jacob Copyright©1975 by Neusner, Jacob ISBN 13: 978-1-59752-929-7 ISBN 10: 1-59752-929-X Publication date 3/19/2007 Previously published by E. J. Brill, 1975

To Merton Stoltz, Provostof BroivnUniversity, and

to the traditionof academicindividuczlism as championedby the Faculty of BrozvnUniversity, this stuqyis dedicated.

CONTENTS PARTV

LITERARY AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS Preface

IX

Abbreviations and Bibliography .

XI

Transliterations .

xv

Introduction . .

1

XIX

Translation .

XX.

Mishnah and Tosefta . i. The Relationship between Mishnah and Tosefta ii. Tosefta as Commentary to Mishnah . . . . iii. Tosefta as a Corpus of Autonomous Materials iv. The Organization and Redaction of Tosefta v. The Two Types of Tosefta . . . . . . . Appendix: The Two Types of Tosefta: Kelim

108 108 109 112 114 122 127

XXI.

Forms and Formulary Patterns i. Definitions 11. Forms ....... . 1. Ladders ...... . 2. Stories and Narratives 3. Disputes and Debates. iii. Formulary Patterns . . . 1. Lists . . . . . . . . 2. Question + Answer(s) 3. The Apocopated Sentence 4. Unclean/Clean iv. The Declarative Sentence

131

Attributions. . . . . . . . i. Attributions and their Probative Value ii. Unattributed Sayings . . . . . . . . iii. Attributed Traditions and Attestations

149 149 149 151

XXII.

12

131 131 131 132 133 138 138 139 139 142 142

VIII

CONTENTS

XXIII. The Weaving of the Law . . i. Introduction . . . . . . ii. Modes of Contamination iii. Sources of Contamination iv. The Tent: Nature and Dimensions v. The Tent: Projections vi. The Tent and the Utensil vii The Stages of the Law

158 158 160 167 174 184 187 193

XXIV. Weavers of the Law i. Introduction ii. Y avneh . 1. Eliezer . . 2. Joshua . . 3. Eliezer and Joshua . 4. im.Mishnah, Tosefta uMidrashe Hal,ikhCih. Edited by E. Z. Melamed (Jernsalem and Tel Aviv, 1957). Temurah Terumot Tiferet Ya'aqov. Jacob $evi Shapira. From reprint of _Mishnah, eel. Romm. ---·'fohorot -

XIV

ABBREVIATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Tos. Windfuhr

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Tos. Zuck.

Tosaf. TR T.Y. TYB TYT

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TYY Uqs. V

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Windfuhr y.

Y.T.

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Yad. Yev. Zab. Zev.

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Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, ed., Rabbinische Texte. Erste Reihe. Die Tosefta. Text. Obersetzung, Erklarung. Herausgegeben von Gerhard Kittel and Karl Heinrich Rengstorf. Band 6. Seder Toharot. Text, Obersetzung, Erklarung. Kelim Ahilot. Edited by Walter Windfuhr. Toharot-Uksin, edited by Gerhard Lisowsky, Giinter Mayer, Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, and Emanuel Schereschewsky. (Stuttgart, 1953-1967). Tosephta. Based on the Erfurt and Vienna Codi.es, with parallels and variants, by M. S. Zuckermandel (Repr. Jerusalem, 1963). Tosafot. From reprint of Babylonian Talmud, ed. Romm. See Lieberman, TR Tevul Yorn Tiferet Yisrael, Boaz. See TYY. Tosafot Yorn Tov. Yorn Tov Lipmann Heller, 1579-1654. From reprint of Mishnah, ed. Romm. Tiferet Yisrael, Yakhin. Israel ben Gedaliah Lipschutz, 1782-1860. (With supercommentary of Baruch Isaac Lipschutz = TYB), from reprint of Mishnah, ed. Romm. cuq~in Seder Tohorot c;m Perush... Moshe bar Maimon. Nidpas ca/ yede Daniel Bomberg Bishenat 5282 [= 1522]. Venezia. (Venice, 1522. Reprint: Jerusalem, 1971). See Tos. Windfuhr Yerushalmi. Palestinian Talmud. Yorn Tov Yadayim Yevamot Zabim Zeval:iim

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