INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Abraham, 139--140 Damages (civil law). see civil law code actions, classifying, 42-43, 44, 46, 50 death, as common fate in Qohelet, actual, and potential, 63 95-98 Adam and Eve discourse types, narrative, in responsibility and, 33-34 , 143-144 adultery, 129-132 disinterest, and intentionality, 24 age, frailties of, 93 dream-interpretation, 163 Aggadah duties, religious, 89, I 00 mythic monotheism of, ix, 127-129, 141-142, 192-195 effort, futility of, 86 theology and medium in, 172-175, employment, 14 193 Epstein, Baruch Halevi, xxi Aristotelianism, 60--64 eschatology, I 03-104 Artscroll , n5 exegetical mashal, in Lamentations atonement, Israel's, in \Nritten , Rabbah, 177-184 passim XVII attitude, in settling conflicting claims, Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan, 17, 1819, 29-30, 35 174 see also intentionality form, and matter, 62-63

Baba Batra, 2-3, 20-23, 26 God, mourning of, !59 Baba Mesia, 2-3, 9-19, 26 Gott ist schiin. Das iisthetische Erleben des Baba Qamma, 2-3, 4-9, 26, 27, 29-30 Koran (Kcrmani), x bailments, 14, 59 Bar Kokhba, I 70 Hacohen, l'vloses, xxi Hadrian, 166-167, 171 causation, and responsibility, 29-35 Halakhah see also intentionality philosophical monotheism of, ix, chattels, damages done by, 4-5 39-42, 59, 65-75, 192-195 children, wisdom of, 164 viewpoint of, 2 Christianity Halakhic mashal, in Lamentations Middle Platonism and, 72-73 Rabbah, I 7 5-1 77 and social order, xv-xvi Harlow, Jules, 7226n 17 civil law code hiring workers, 14 Baba Batra and Scripture, 20 -23, 26 Baba Mesia and Scripture, 9-19, 26 inadvertence, 46 Baba Qamma and Scripture, 4--9, inheritances, 21-22, 24, 160 26, 27 injury, 4-6, 29, 30-31 Mishnah as, 2-3 intentionality overall structure of Babas, 26-27 in Baba Batra, 23-24 restoring vs. maintaining social in Baba Mesia, 16-17, 19 order, 25-27 in Baba Qamma, 29 -30 Scripture's role in, 3-4, 23-32 in Civil Law code, 24, 26-27, 29- classification. see taxonomy 30, 35-37 commercial transactions, 12-14, I 7, 21 classification and, 44, 48, 50 compensation, 30-31 realizing, in , xiii

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Israel Midrash, Rabbinic, Scripture destiny of, 92-93, 95 mediated in, 81-83, I 07, I 08-111, political context of Rabbinic age, 123-125 XV-XVI misappropriation, 5-6, 8-9, 29, 30-31 relationship with God, in Mishnah Lamentations Rabbah, 142 ontological unity of being in, 41-42, responsibility and, 33-37 53, 59, 65-75 social order, regeneration of, xvi- Scripture and, 74-75 xvm monotheism, mythic, in Aggadah, ix, Song of Songs and, I 08-111 127-129, 141-142, 192-195 sublimation of, in age of Written monotheism, philosophical, in Torah, xvi Halakhah, ix, 39-42, 59--60, 65- 75, 192-195 Jerusalem, I 71 myth, 128-129 Jerusalem and Athens: 7he Congruity of Talmudic and Classical Philosophy narrative (Neusner), xii in Lamentations Rabbah, 142, 148, Joseph, 114 155-157, 15 7-173 passim justice, God's, 89, 93, 129-132, 133- mythic narrative, 128-129, 141-142 142 pseudo-narratives, 143, 146-14 7 teleologic vs. propositional, 143-14 7 Keritot, 44 Nco-Platonism, 65-7 3 Kermani, Navid, x numerology, 90 Knappcrt, Jan, x oaths, speciation of, 55-59 labor, classification of, 52-55 Oral Torah labor, paying for, 15-16, 18 dialectics of, xii Lamentations Rabbah mediates Scripture, 23-32 authentic narrative in, 148-l 7 3 as perfecting Scripture (Written passim, 173-17 5 Torah), x-xi, xiv-xv Ma'asim in, 187-190 ownership, rights of, l 7 Mashal/parable in, 175-187 pass1m paganism, 72-73 narrative character of, 142-·146, perfect/perfection, xii-xiv 191-192 persons, damages done by, 4-6 landlords, 14-15 philosophical monotheism, in Halakhah, law, disorganization of Written ix, 39-42, 59-60, 65-75, 192-195 Torah's, xx philosophical systems Leviticus Rabbah, Scripture mediated Aristotelian, 60-64 in, 81-83, 107 N eo-Platonism, 65-7 3 example of Qohelot, 84-107 Plotinus, 65-69, 71 passim possessions, I 0-12 A Life of Yohanan ben :{_akkai (Neusner), price-fixing, 13-14, 17-18 XXI private agreements, 18 logic, in Aggadic narrative, 143-146 property disposition of, I 0-12 Ma'asim, in Lamentations Rabbah, real estate, 14-16, 20··21 187-190 propositional narrative, in Aggadah, measure for measure, 130-131 143, 145-146 mercy, God's, 129, 135, 137 pseudo-narratives, in Aggadah, 143, Middle Platonism, 65-73 146-147

Jacob Neusner - 9789047402220 Downloaded from Brill.com10/02/2021 01:29:49PM via free access INDEX OF SUBJECTS 199 punishment, for sin. see justice, God's restoring vs. maintaining, in Civil pursued/pursuer, in God's favor, 104- Law, 25-29 105 Solomon, 79, 114 Song of Songs Rabbah Qohelet example of topical program, lll- cynicism of, 78-80 123 passim as flaw in Written Torah, 80-81 medium and message of, I 7 4 mediated by sages, in Leviticus sages' purpose in, l 08-111, 124 Rabbah, 84-l 07 passim, 123 124 speciation, 54-55 Rabbinization of, in Leviticus substances, classifying, 43-44, 46-47, Rabbah, 82-83 49-50 Quran, perfection of, x superfluity, I 00 superspeciation, 54-55 real estate, 14-16, 18, 20-21 Supplements to the Journal for the Study of rccapitulative parable, in (Neusncr), xii Lamentations Rabbah, 185-186 syllogistic logic, 145-146 rentals, 14 responsibility, and causation, 29-35 Talmudic Dialectics: Types and Forms see also intentionality (Ncusner), xii Rippin, Andrew, x taxonomy ritual, 14 7 of actions, 42-43, 44, 46, 50 Romans, war with, 166-167 example of-, in Keritot, 44-46 unity of being and, 43-59, 65-7 5 Sabbath, 52-54 taxonomy, Halakhah's medium of, sages, Rabbinic 40-42 mediation of Scripture by, 81-83, 107, 108-lll, 123-125 teleologic narrative, in Aggadah, 143- monotheist philosophy of unity of 145, 146 Temple being, 64-7 5, 192~~ 193 purpose of, xi-xii, xiv-xv, 40 destruction and restoration of, sage-stories, 156 158, 165-166, 169, 172 Scripture destruction of, and reconstruction and Baba Batra, 20-23 of social order, xv-xvi and Baba Mesia, 9-19 tenants, 14-15 and Baba Qamma, 4-9 Textual Sources for the Stud_y of Islam and Christianity, xv-xvi (Rippin and Knappert), x in civil law code, 3-4, 23--32 theft, 4-6, 8-9, 29 contradictions and insufficiency theology, and medium, l 72-1 7 5, 193 addressed, xviii-xxi time, and taxonomy, 56 mediation of, by sages, in Torah, Written perfecting Oral, xi-xii Midrash, 81-83, 107, 108-111, Torah Temimah (Epstein), xxi 123-125 Torah-study, 157 normative laws in, I torts, 3 Scripture and the Generative Premises of the , relationship to Mishnah, 134, Halakhah: A Systemic Inquiry 135-136 (Neusner), xix Trajan, 167 to Numbers, 134 transactions, commercial, 12-14, I 7, 21 sin, justice in punishment, 132-134 transporting (objects), 51-52 sin, verbal, 91-92 sloth, 94 uncleanness social order cultic, 55-59 regeneration of, xv-xviii of holy documents, 78-79 responsibility, in Israel's, 33-37 unfaithfulness, 129-132

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