Preface | p. XI |
Abbreviations and Bibliography | p. XVII |
Transliterations | p. XXXIII |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The System as a Whole | |
The Mishnaic System of Damages | p. 13 |
Mishnah's System | p. 13 |
Scripture's Rules and Systems | p. 20 |
The System of Mishnah in Relationship to the Rules of Scripture | p. 27 |
Conclusion | p. 31 |
The Formation of the Tractates | |
Baba Qamma, Baba Mesia, Baba Batra | p. 47 |
Introduction | p. 47 |
Damage Done by Chattels (Baba Qamma) | p. 49 |
Damage Done by Persons. Theft. (Baba Qamma) | p. 58 |
The Disposition of Other People's Possessions (Baba Mesia) | p. 63 |
Illicit Commercial Transactions (Baba Mesia) | p. 68 |
Hiring Workers. Rentals and Bailments. (Baba Mesia) | p. 74 |
Real Estate (Baba Mesia, Baba Batra) | p. 78 |
Licit Commercial Transactions (Baba Batra) | p. 88 |
Inheritances and Wills. Other Commercial and Legal Documents (Baba Batra) | p. 91 |
Conclusion | p. 96 |
Sanhedrin, Makkot | p. 99 |
Introduction | p. 99 |
The Court System (Sanhedrin) | p. 100 |
The Death-Penalty (Sanhedrin) | p. 104 |
Perjury (Makkot) | p. 111 |
The Penalty of Exile (Makkot) | p. 114 |
The Penalty of Flogging (Makkot) | p. 116 |
Conclusion | p. 118 |
Shebuot | p. 120 |
Introduction | p. 120 |
Uncleanness of the Cult and its Holy Things and the Guilt-Offering | p. 120 |
Oaths | p. 123 |
Conclusion | p. 128 |
Abodah Zarah | p. 129 |
Introduction | p. 129 |
Commercial Relationships with Gentiles | p. 129 |
Idols | p. 132 |
Libation-Wine | p. 135 |
Conclusion | p. 137 |
Horayot | p. 138 |
Introduction | p. 138 |
The Offering Brought because of an Erroneous Decision by a Court | p. 138 |
The Offering Brought by the High Priest Who Has Unwittingly Done What Is Contrary to the Commandments of the Torah. The Ruler | p. 140 |
Individual, Anointed Priest, Community | p. 142 |
Conclusion | p. 142 |
The Unfolding of the Law | |
Before 70 and from 70 to 120: The Mishnaic System of Damages before the Destruction of the Temple and in Yavnean Times | p. 147 |
Introduction | p. 147 |
Survey of Damages before 70 and from 70 to 120 | p. 148 |
Civil Law | p. 148 |
Torts | p. 148 |
Lost and Found. Bailments | p. 149 |
Commercial Transactions. Loans | p. 149 |
Real Estate | p. 149 |
Transactions with Pagans | p. 150 |
Civil Institutions of Government | p. 150 |
Court Procedures Oaths | p. 150 |
Tractates of Yavneh | p. 151 |
Shebuot | p. 151 |
Abodah Zarah | p. 151 |
Conclusion | p. 151 |
From 140 to 170: The Mishnaic System of Damages in the Time of Usha | p. 153 |
Introduction | p. 153 |
Survey of Damages from 140 to 170 | p. 158 |
Civil Law | p. 158 |
Torts and Damages | p. 158 |
Lost and Found. Bailments | p. 160 |
Commercial Transactions. Loans | p. 161 |
Real Estate | p. 163 |
Transactions with Pagans | p. 165 |
Relationships between Employers and Workers | p. 167 |
Inheritances and Wills | p. 167 |
Civil Institutions of Government | p. 168 |
Court Procedures. Oaths | p. 168 |
The Court System | p. 169 |
Judicial Penalties | p. 170 |
Judicial Error and Communal Atonement | p. 172 |
Tractates of Usha | p. 172 |
Baba Qamma | p. 172 |
Baba Mesia | p. 172 |
Baba Batra | p. 172 |
Sanhedrin | p. 173 |
Makkot | p. 173 |
Horayot | p. 173 |
Conclusion | p. 173 |
Two Addresses to the Society of Biblical Literature | |
A Statement of Method (1979) | p. 179 |
Taking Things Apart to See How They work (1984) | p. 199 |
Reply to Critics. The Mishnah and the Smudgepots | p. 206 |
Index | p. 220 |
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