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Texts Without Boundaries: Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon

Leviticus Rabbah

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Texts Without Boundaries: Protocols of Non-Documentary Writing in the Rabbinic Canon

Leviticus Rabbah

Description

The Rabbinic compilations in the canon of Rabbinic Judaism, from the Mishnah through the Bavli, ca. 200-600 C.E., are comprised by two classifications of writing, [1] documentary and [2] non-documentary. Documentary writing conforms to a protocol paramount in, and particular to, a given text, non-documentary writing ignores the distinctive preferences of the compilation in which it appears. The former is defined for each Rabbinic document, respectively, by a unique combination of choices as to form or rhetoric, topic or problem or proposition, and logic of coherent discourse and analysis (terms explained presently). The latter type of writing simply ignores the indicative documentary traits. It thereby crosses the boundaries that separate one text from another, indeed a given canonical compilation from all others. 'Texts without boundaries' refers to writing that ignores the protocols of the document(s) in which it is preserved.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Protocol of Documentary Writing by Leviticus Rabbah
Chapter 4 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah One
Chapter 5 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Two
Chapter 6 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Three
Chapter 7 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Four
Chapter 8 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Five
Chapter 9 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Six
Chapter 10 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Seven
Chapter 11 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Eight
Chapter 12 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Nine
Chapter 13 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Ten
Chapter 14 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Eleven
Chapter 15 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twelve
Chapter 16 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirteen
Chapter 17 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Fourteen
Chapter 18 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Fifteen
Chapter 19 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Sixteen
Chapter 20 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Seventeen
Chapter 21 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Eighteen
Chapter 22 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Nineteen
Chapter 23 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty
Chapter 24 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-One
Chapter 25 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Two
Chapter 26 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Three
Chapter 27 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Four
Chapter 28 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Five
Chapter 29 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Six
Chapter 30 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Seven
Chapter 31 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Eight
Chapter 32 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Twenty-Nine
Chapter 33 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty
Chapter 34 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-One
Chapter 35 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Two
Chapter 36 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Three
Chapter 37 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Four
Chapter 38 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Five
Chapter 39 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Six
Chapter 40 Non-Documentary Writing in Leviticus Rabbah. Parashah Thirty-Seven
Chapter 41 Texts Outside of Leviticus Rabbah's Bounds
Chapter 42 Some Preliminary Answers to the Questions that Precipitated this Study

Product details

Published 30 Jul 2012
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 4th
Extent 290
ISBN 9781461689126
Imprint University Press of America
Series Studies in Judaism
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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