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Employing text critical methods, Jonathan S. Milgram argues that, in the absence of the hermeneutic underpinnings for tannaitic innovations, the inheritance laws of the tannaim were not the result of the rabbinic penchant for inventive interpretation of Scripture. Turning to biblical, ancient near eastern, Second Temple, Greek, Elephantine, Judean desert, and Roman sources, the author finds conceptual and terminological parallels adopted and adapted by the tannaim and argues for a close affinity between some Roman institutions and their tannaitic counterparts. Since the tannaitic traditions reflect the social and economic contexts of the tannaitic period—the nuclear family on privatized landholdings in urban centers—the author also considers the degree to which the laws may have emerged out of these contexts.

From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah: Tannaitic

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      Publisher: Academic Studies Press
      Publication Date: 16/05/2019
      ISBN13: 9781644690277, 978-1644690277
      ISBN10: 1644690276

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Employing text critical methods, Jonathan S. Milgram argues that, in the absence of the hermeneutic underpinnings for tannaitic innovations, the inheritance laws of the tannaim were not the result of the rabbinic penchant for inventive interpretation of Scripture. Turning to biblical, ancient near eastern, Second Temple, Greek, Elephantine, Judean desert, and Roman sources, the author finds conceptual and terminological parallels adopted and adapted by the tannaim and argues for a close affinity between some Roman institutions and their tannaitic counterparts. Since the tannaitic traditions reflect the social and economic contexts of the tannaitic period—the nuclear family on privatized landholdings in urban centers—the author also considers the degree to which the laws may have emerged out of these contexts.

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