Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
AJS Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
46,1 (2022) 131-150
Schlagwort(e):
Talmud Bavli Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Talmud Yerushalmi Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Tradition (Judaism) History of doctrines
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Rabbinical literature History and criticism
Kurzfassung:
The ban against writing Oral Torah stands at the heart of rabbinic study culture. Scholars have suggested that the ban was formulated during the third century in Palestine in an attempt to preserve the oral nature of rabbinic study. At the same time, despite the overt orality of rabbinic practice, multiple talmudic anecdotes point to a complex reality that does not align with what seems to be an explicit prohibition. In this article I argue that the key for solving this long-standing crux is to distinguish between the two book cultures among the rabbis in Palestine and in Babylonia. Although the Bavli directly relies on Palestinian clusters of traditions, it transforms their meaning. While Palestinian sources forbid inappropriate writing of scriptural texts, fearing the physical obliteration of scriptural material, the Bavli reinterprets these prohibitions as securing the original division between the oral and the written forms of Torah.
DOI:
10.1353/ajs.2022.0007
URL:
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