Torah in the Mouth: Writing and Oral Tradition in Palestinian Judaism 200 Bce-400 Ce

ISBN-13: 9780195140675 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 356 str.

Martin S. Jaffee

Opis

The classical Rabbinic tradition (legal, discursive, and exegetical) claims to be Oral Torah, transmitted by word of mouth in an unbroken chain deriving its authority ultimately from diving revelation to Moses at Sinai. Since the third century C.E., however, this tradition has been embodied in written texts. Through judicious deployment and analysis of the evidence, Martin Jaffee is able to show that the Rabbinic tradition, as we have it, developed through a mutual interpretation of oral and written modes.

Recenzje

Jaffee is to be commended on covering such a complicated and challenging topic in a clear, intellectually impressive and soundly critical fashion.