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This research report answers the question, how and specifically in what passages do the distinct Rabbinic modes of discourse, Halakhah and Aggadah, intersect? How do they make a statement in common? Halakhah is given priority. Then where and how does Aggadah play a role in Halakhic discourse? What is at stake is the context of thought and expression established by systematic composites, compilations of many discrete facts in the service of a coherent argument. What is catalogued is the intersection of large aggregates of well-composed Aggadic data in a Halakhic composite or of Halakhic ones in an Aggadic setting. The upshot is simple. The Aggadic documents rarely introduce Halakhic materials in their exposition of Aggadic propositions, and the contrary is also the case. The exposition of the Halakhic components of the Halakhic documents, meaning, nearly the entirety of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and Yerushalmi, and the greater part of the Bavli, only rarely requires Aggadic complements or supplements. Yet while the Aggadic documents rarely resort to Halakhic materials to make the case they wish to set forth, in some of the Rabbinic documents of the formative age the presentation of the Halakhah is accompanied by a massive Aggadic component. Why, and with what outcome? The answers to all of these questions are spelled out in this three-volume account of the data.

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The Blackwell Reader in Judaism introduces Judaism in its own words, affording readers a direct encounter with this ancient and enduring faith.

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This festschrift unites exegetical and research-historical studies on early Christianity and the religio-historical school written by colleagues, coworkers and former students of Gerd Lëdemann from Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and Japan. The spectrum of topics is broad, and they stem from the many fields of interests Lëdemann has written about - the exegesis of the New Testament, the reconstruction of the history of early Christianity as well as research on the influential religio-historical school of thought.

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This Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism. Surveys those issues most relevant to Judaic life today: ethics, feminism, politics, and constructive theology Explores the definition of Judaism and its formative history Makes sense of the diverse data of an ancient and enduring faith

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This Companion explores the history, doctrines, divisions, and contemporary condition of Judaism. Surveys those issues most relevant to Judaic life today: ethics, feminism, politics, and constructive theology Explores the definition of Judaism and its formative history Makes sense of the diverse data of an ancient and enduring faith

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The Blackwell Reader in Judaism introduces Judaism in its own words, affording readers a direct encounter with this ancient and enduring faith.

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Der Traktat Demai ('Zweifelhaftes') des Talmud Yerushalmi behandelt landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse, von denen man nicht weiß, ob die nach Num 18,20-29 vorgeschriebenen Abgaben an die Leviten und Priester abgesondert worden sind oder nicht. Er bietet eine Fülle an Material über im Land Israel angebaute Früchte und ihre Verarbeitung. Die Beziehungen zu Leuten, die die Gesetze nicht streng beachten sowie Pacht-und Kaufvorschriften für Felder von Juden, Samaritanern und Nichtjuden nehmen einen breiten Raum ein. Besonders wichtig sind geographische Beschreibungen mit genauen Angaben, innerhalb welcher Gebiete welche Vorschriften zu beachten sind. Diese Texte sind eine wichtige Quelle für die Verbreitung der jüdischen Bevölkerung bis zum Beginn des 5. Jahrhunderts. Der Traktat hat keine Gemara im babylonischen Talmud und bietet deswegen viel eigenständiges Material.

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This collection continues the study of ancient Judaism.

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