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Zusatztext Moshe Simon-Shoshan offers an entirely fresh approach to the study of the Mishnah by concentrating on the literary form in which law is formulated. His analysis of legal texts as narrative and of Mishnaic stories as law finally breaks down the barriers erected by generations of scholars between halakhah and aggadah and between the Mishnah as authoritative law code or dialogic collection. Simon-Shoshan's book is informed by a wide variety of perspectives, from legal and literary theory to the historical method, all presented in a style of writing that is extremely clear and accessible. The result is a nuanced, methodologically diverse, and highly readable contribution to the field. Informationen zum Autor Adjunct Lecturer, Rothberg School for Overseas Students, Hebrew University Klappentext Simon-Shoshan examines the neglected genre of rabbinic legal stories, arguing that this genre is crucial to understanding both rabbinic jurisprudence and rabbinic story-telling and challenging traditional distinctions between law and literature. Zusammenfassung Simon-Shoshan examines the neglected genre of rabbinic legal stories, arguing that this genre is crucial to understanding both rabbinic jurisprudence and rabbinic story-telling and challenging traditional distinctions between law and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Preface for Non-Specialists in Rabbinic Literature Notes on Texts, Translations and Transcriptions Part I Narrativity in the Mishnah 1. Introduction 2. Stories, Narratives and Narrativity 3. A Typology of Mishnaic Forms 4. Mishnaic Topography 5. The Mishnah in Comparative Context Part II The Mishnaic Story 6. Transmission, Redaction and Rhetoric 7. Exempla: Who is a Rabbi? 8. Case Stories: Repetition and Renewal 9. Etiological Stories: Original Nightmares 10. Conclusion Appendix: List of Stories in the Mishnah Notes Bibliography Index ...
