The Mishnaic Sotah ritual : temple, gender and Midrash.

The Mishnaic Sotah ritual : temple, gender and Midrash.

This study analyzes the specific textual formation of Mishna Sotah. Diverging significantly from its origins in the book of Numbers, the Mishnaic ritual was traditionally read by scholars as an \'ancient Mishna\', narrating an actual ritual practiced in the second temple. In contrast to th...

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Main Author: Rosen-Zvi, Ishay.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 160.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.

Subjects:

Adultery (Jewish law)
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Women (Jewish law)
RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice

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Call Number: BM506.S73 R67513 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: The Enigma of Tractate Sotah
  • 1. Warning and Hiding: Sotah 1:2
  • 2. The Threat, Sotah 1:4
  • 3. Humiliation, Sotah 1:5-6
  • 4. Drinking and Death, Sotah 3:4-5
  • 5. "Measure for Measure" in the Sotah Ritual
  • 6. Historical Reality and Ideology in Mishnah Sotah
  • 7. Theatrical Punishments: Ezekiel and the Mishnah
  • 8. Texts and Rituals: The Riddle of Mishnah Sotah
  • Afterword: The Temple in the Mishnah
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Source Index.