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Transmitting Mishnah - The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition (Hardcover)
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Transmitting Mishnah - The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition (Hardcover)
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Departing from the conventional view of mishnaic transmission as
mindless rote memorisation, Transmitting Mishnah, first published
in 2006, reveals how multifaceted the process of passing on oral
tradition was in antiquity. Taking advantage of the burgeoning
field of orality studies, Elizabeth Shanks Alexander has developed
a model of transmission that is both active and constructive.
Proceeding by means of intensive readings of passages from tractate
Shevuot and its Talmudic commentaries, Alexander alerts us to the
fact that transmitters and handlers of mishnaic text crafted both
the vagaries of expression and its received meanings. She
illustrates how the authority of the Mishnah grew as the result of
the sustained attention of a devoted community of readers and
students. She also identifies the study practices and habits of
analysis that were cultivated by oral performance and shows how
they were passed on in tandem with the verbal contents of the
Mishnah, thereby influencing how the text was received and
understood.
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