Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum Volume 16 The literature of the sages : a re-visioning / edited by Christine Hayes

This volume abandons the document-based approach of standard introductions and investigates aggregates of classical rabbinic texts through three broad perspectives – intertextuality, east and west, halakhah and aggadah – generating fresh insights that will reset the scholarly agenda. Contents Foreword CRINT Foundation Notes on Contributors Setting the Stage Introduction Chapter 1 The Rabbis of History and Historiography Chapter 2 Tradition, Scripture, Law, and Authority Part 1 Intertextuality Chapter 3 Intertextuality and Tannaic Literature: A History Chapter 4 Intertextuality and Amoraic Literature Chapter 5 Second Temple Literature and the Rabbinic Library Part 2 East and West Chapter 6 The Greco-Roman West and Rabbinic Literature in Palestine and Babylonia Chapter 7 The Impact of ‘Pagan’ Rome Chapter 8 From West to East: Christian Traditions and the Babylonian Talmud Chapter 9 The Sasanian East and the Babylonian Talmud Part 3 Halakha and Aggada Chapter 10 Halakha and Aggada in Tannaic Sources Chapter 11 Halakha and Aggada in Post-Tannaic Literature Chapter 12 Resources for the Critical Study of Rabbinic Literature in the Twenty-First Century Index of Primary Sources Index of Modern Authors Subject Index "This volume presents the major works of classical rabbinic Judaism as inter-related aggregates analyzed through three central themes. Part 1, "Intertextuality," investigates the multi-directional relationships among and between rabbinic texts and nonrabbinic Jewish sources. Part 2, "East and West" explores the impact on rabbinic texts of the cultures of the Hellenistic, Roman, and Christian West and the Sasanian East. Part 3, "Halakha and Aggada," interrogates the relationship of law and narrative in rabbinic sources. This bold volume uncovers alliances and ruptures -- textual, cultural, and generic -- obscured by document-based approaches to rabbinic literature"-- Provided by publisher.