Torah in the mouth : writing and oral tradition in Palestinian Judaism, 200 BCE-400 CE /

Through analysis of the evidence, Martin Jaffee shows that the Rabbinic tradition, as we have it in the present, developed through a mutual interpretation of oral and written modes but that the oral tradition always takes precedence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaffee, Martin S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Through analysis of the evidence, Martin Jaffee shows that the Rabbinic tradition, as we have it in the present, developed through a mutual interpretation of oral and written modes but that the oral tradition always takes precedence.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and indexes.
ISBN:1429403993
9781429403993
0195140672
9780195140675