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Deviancy in early rabbinic literature : a collection of socio-anthropological essays / by Simcha Fishbane ; with an introduction by Nissan Rubin.

Author/creator Fishbane, Simcha
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 234 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Series The Brill reference library of Judaism, v. 27, 1571-5000 ;
Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 27. ^A875579
Contents The case of the modified mamzer in early rabbinic texts -- "As the vows of the evil folk" : the structure and implicit message of Mishnah's tractate Nazir -- "In the case of women-any hand which makes many examinations is to be praised" : niddah as viewed by the rabbis of the Mishnah -- "Most women engage in sorcery" : an analysis of female sorceresses in the Babylonian Talmud -- "Go and enjoy your acquisition" : the prostitute in the Babylonian Talmud -- "Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil" : the physically handicapped in the Mishnah -- Toward an understanding of the methodology of Mishnah : the case of kutim -- Descriptive or prescriptive : the case of the gentile in Mishnah -- Deviancy in battle : rituals and the Israelite soldier in the Torah and the Mishnah : an anthropological understanding -- "Every dream becomes valid only by its interpretation" : dreams, dream interpretations and dream interpreters in the Babylonian Talmud.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-220) and index.
LCCN 2006101964
ISBN9789004158337 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9004158332 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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