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The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture , pp. 271 - 280
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General Index

Abaye, 45, 168–169, 185
Aelian, 73
miscellany, 31
paradoxographical work, 20, 206, 207
snakes, 204, 206
Aelius Théon
attentive listening (akroasis), 68
chreia, 71
inquiry (thesis), 25–26
narration (diēgēsis/narratio), 109, 148
proem, 26, 150
progymnasmata treatise, 137, 142–143–
on rhetorical training, 145
speech in character (ethopoeia), 168
tale (mythos/fabula), 139, 140
Agrat bat Mahlat, 167, 169
Akvān, 161–162
Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks, 64
allusion, 166–167
Lucian of Samosata, 34, 136
Amoraim, 4–5, 63, 124–125, See also Tannaim; Stammaim
amplification of deed (topos), 142
Anderson, Graham, 47, 138, 170
anonymous voice (stam), 43
anthologies, 90
Babylonian Talmud as, 22
form of miscellany, 22
Antigonus of Carystus, 207
Aphthonius
maxim (gnōmē), 138
progymnasmata, 137
speech in character (ethopoeia), 168
tale (mythos/fabula), 139
Aramaic euporiston. See Aramaic treatise of simple remedies
Aramaic treatise of simple remedies, 15, 209
as Aramaic euporiston, 192–195
as verb recipe treatise, 192, See also euporista
lay audience, 195–197
local origin, 195–197
reassembled text, 219–236
archives, 3, 10, 96, 130, 211, 214
arguments (sugyot), 63, 83, 100, 134
progymnasmatic training and, 74–75
as structuring principle, 110, 121, 131, 210
Aristotle, 44, 191, 206
on genre, 17
Ashmedai, 110, 150–156, 165, 203, 205
literary life, 159–160
Athenaeus, 13, 45, 49
data management, 208
spoudaiogeloion, use of, 48
symposiac work, 34–36, 83
Aufidius Bassus, 73
Augustine of Hippo, 73
Aulus Gellius, 89
Babylonian Talmud, See also tractate Avodah Zarah etc
anonymous voice (stam), 43
as anthology, 22
Aramaic treatise of simple remedies, 15, 192–198, 209, 219–236
book production and, 210
as commentary on encyclopedia, 40–43
as commentary on Mishnah, 37
commentary structure, 53
compilation strategies, 14–15, 208–209
digressions, 38
discursive structure, 44
as erudite commentary, 55, 94, 177, 210
as erudite symposiac commentary, 177
as excerpt literature, 2–3, 8–11, 55, 94, 131–132, 177
form, 2–3
formation, 2, 8–11, 91, 94, 131–132, 210
genre, 16–17, 21–23, 53, 55, 210
harmonization, 28
intellectual context, 177, 209
as late antique literature, 21–23
medical recipe sources, 187
medical treatise extracts, 177, 183–184, 187–189, 208–209
Mishnah and, 22
models of formation, 3–7
Elman, 62–75
evolution from oral traditions, 6–7
excerpt model, 8–11
generations models, 5
Halivni, 4–5
higher criticism models, 5
Neusner, 6
oral learning culture and, 58–60
oral transmission, 56–60
implausibility, 60–62
prohibition of writing, 58–60
pseudepigraphy, 45
rabbinic literature and, 64
relationship to Palestinian, 103–104, 122, 128, 130
repetition, 57–58
rhetorical patterns, 134
symposiac dialogue, 44–46
as symposiac miscellany, 53, 55, 94, 210
as symposiac work, 83
symposiac works and, 198
temporal proximity to Palestinian, 103–104, 128–132
baraita, 111, 129, 158, 167–169, 198
as literary source, 171
basket metaphor, 93
Becker, Adam H., 212, 215
bee metaphor, 75–76, 92
Benaiah, 15, 110, 150–156, 163, 165, 203
literary life, 158–159
Bible. See Hebrew Bible; New Testament
Book of Tobit, 156
book production, 13, 69, 71, 74
Babylonian Talmud and, 210
enabling technology, 88–89
excerpting and compiling, 83–84
form criticism and, 180
intellectual context, 3, 9
materiality, 3, 9
bookkeeping, 3, 14, 85, 87, 211
excerpting and compiling and, 87–88
Boyarin, Daniel, 11, 48, 53
Brodsky, David, 75
Brody, Robert, 10
Carruthers, Mary, 69, 217
Chakrabarti, Arindam, 11
chreia, 53, 140, 142, 185
Aelius Théon, 71
creation of, 137–138, 185
as departure for inquiry (thesis), 26
double, 39, 51
form, 26
as miniature story, 138
transformation by exergasia, 138–139
miniature stories, 138
chronological gap between Talmuds. See temporal proximity of Talmuds
Cicero, 143
on method of loci, 93
on stages of composition, 104–105
on use of humor, 50
collectanea, 30, 76, 89, 90, 177
Columella, 38, 73, 199
commentaries, 14, 19–20, 23
as exegetical form, 23
fragmentation of base text, 23–24
mishnaic lemmas, 131
progymnasmatic training and, 23–24
as structuring principle, 210
use of keywords, 10
commentaries (mishnaic)
as structuring principle, 131
comparanda, 12, 192
Dēnkard, 62, 72, 73
euporista (simple remedies), 192
Saturnalia, 13
symposiac works, 16
Syriac Book of Medicines, 192, 219
The Learned Banqueters, 13
comparison (syncrisis), 142
compilation. See excerpting and compiling
condensation, 39, 84
curriculum
advanced. See progymnasmatic curriculum
beginner’s, 136
data management, 3, 13–14, 56, 210
Athenaeus, 208
excerpting and compiling, 78
Julius Africanus, 208
Locher and Rottländer thesis, 13–14, 77–83, 92
Macrobius, 92
ordinariness, 76, 91
Pliny the Elder, 13–14
R. Akiva, 93
writing materials, 14, 78–81
dating
Palestinian Talmud, 127–128
temporal proximity of Talmuds, 103–104, 128–132
dating criteria
historical, 127–128
mimesis, 125–126
rabbinic attribution, 126–27
Daube, David, 176
Demonax, 136
Dēnkard, 62, 72, 73
descriptores. See keywords
descriptors. See keywords
double chreia, 39, 51
Elias, 27
Elman, Yaakov, 62–75
encyclopedia, 30, 54
usefulness, 32
encyclopedias, 19–20, 23
epimython, 139
Epstein, Jacob, 6
erōtapokriseis, 189–191
erudite commentaries, 24, 53, 62
base text and, 24–25
commentator roles, 27–28
compilation methods, 28–29
difficulty in defining, 25
as excerpt literature, 28–29
inquiry (thesis) and, 26–28
progymnasmatic training and, 25
purpose, 28
erudite compilations, 49, 76, 88, 89, 92
compilation process, 56
bee metaphor, 75–76
honeycomb image, 76
erudite literature. See erudite works
erudite works, 50–53
commentaries, 19–20
defined, 54
encyclopedias, 19–20
medical recipes in, 198–199
miscellanies, 19–20, 22
works of antiquarian erudition. See miscellanies
ethopoeia. See speech in character (ethopoeia)
euporista (simple remedies), 192–194, See also Aramaic treatise of simple remedies
Eusebius of Caesarea, 84
Evans, Paul S., 65
excerpt literature
Babylonian Talmud as, 2–3, 94, 132
motivations, 13
excerpt model of formation, 8–11, 94, 131–132, 210
excerpting and compiling, 91
as basis for longer compositions, 89
as everyday practice, 83–84, 89
book production, 83–84
collectanea, 89
enabling technology, 88–89
importance and necessity, 32
material aspects, 84–87
parallels with bookkeeping, 87–88
Pliny the Elder, 78
writing materials, 78–83
exegetical commentaries. See erudite commentaries
exegetical story, 141–142, 150
progymnasmatic training and, 141–42
exergasia, 138–139, See also repetition extracting and compiling
medical recipes, 183–184
fable (mythos), 108, 142
Ferdowsi, 161
Fischel, Henry, 148, 214
Fontaine, Jacques, 166
form criticism (talmudic), 179–180
criteria for analysis, 180
formation
Babylonian Talmud, 3–11
Hebrew Bible, 3–4
Mishnah, 38–39
New Testament, 3–4
Qur’an, 91
Tosefta, 39
Formisano, Marco, 24
Fraade, Steven D., 63, 64
Fraenkel, Yonah, 148
fragmentation, 84
Frankel, Zacharias, 6
Freeman, David L., 178–179
Friedman, Shamma L., 5, 11, 65
Fuchs, Uziel, 64
Galen, 73, 130, 187, 193, 199
Geller, Markham J., 178, 179, 195
Gellius, 43
honeycomb image, 76
miscellany, 30–31
genre, 17
in antiquity, 17–19
of Babylonian Talmud, 16–17, 53, 55, 210
of Mishnah, 37–40
symposiac dialogue, 34–37
as tertium comparationis, 13
Geonim, 63, 123–125
oral culture, 64
Geus, Klaus, 206
giluya medical recipe, 187–189
Goodblatt, David, 60
Gray, Alyssa M., 100
halakhot, 58, 67
Halevy, Isaac, 6
Halivni, David Weiss, 4–5, 11, 60, 124–125, 208
Hanina ben Dosa, 167–168
Hebrew Bible, 58, 119, 141, 156, 166
formation, 3–4
as literary source, 171
as schoolbook, 137, 143
Hermogenes
on chreia, 70–71
progymnasmata treatise, 137, 143
saying (logikon), 138
Hezser, Catherine, 174, 180
Hidary, Richard, 116–117, 119, 121
historical data
as dating criterion, 127–128
Homer, 58, 60, 130, 171
honeycomb image, 76
humor
in erudite works, 50–53
in oratory, 50
in symposiac works, 46–48
imitation of style. See mimesis
inquiry (thesis), 25–28, 30, 55, 99, 141, 142
erudite commentary and, 26–27
into lemmas, 27
procedure, 26–27
inventory lists, 20
Jacob, Christian, 34
Jaffee, Martin S., 63, 64
John Chrysostom, 73
Johnson, William A., 32
Josephus Flavius, 73
Julius Africanus, 43
data management, 208
Kalmin, Richard, 5
keywords, 117
assignment, 10, 14, 78, 95–101, 210
excerpts as response to (placeholder), 131
from mishnaic lemma, 101–104
from Palestinian Talmud, 101–104
function, 78
lemmas and, 96–97
Locher and Rottländer thesis, 13–14, 77–83
as organization method, 8, 10, 14, 82–83, 87
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 154–155
King, Colin Guthrie, 206
Kiperwasser, Reuven, 165
König, Jason, 40
Landfester, Manfred, 72
Langer, Gerhard, 156
Lapin, Hayim, 127, 216
Larsen, Lillian I., 61–62
late antique commentaries, 41
late antique literary methods, 20–21
late antique stories
content, 173
innovative potential, 170–171
repetition in, 170–171
restrictive effects on, 170–171
style, 172–173
verisimilitude, 156
late antique story, See also tale (mythos/fabula); talmudic stories; Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle
composition, 140–141
by chreia creation, 137–138
exegetical flexibility, 137
by transformation, 137–138
productivity, 137–138
progymnasmatic training and, 140–142
thematic unity, 148
Lavin, Irving, 147
Leith, David, 191
lemmas
identification, 10, 23, 96
inquiry (thesis) into, 27
keyword assignment, 10, 210
keywords and, 96–97
Libanius, 73, 137
progymnasmata treatise, 73, 137, 143
libraries, 3, 10, 96, 130, 211, 214
absence in Talmud, 59
assignment of genre, 17, 19
Ctesiphon, 211
Pliny the Younger, 78
private, 211
public, 78
Roman, 211
Sasanid, 211
line reference. See lemmas
literary lives
Ashmedai, 159–160
Benaiah, 158–159
inquiry into, 156, 166, 167
Solomon, 156–158
Locher, Albrecht, 13–14, 77–83, 87–89, 92
Lucian of Samosata, 18, 34, 48, 52, 136, 137, 170, 171, See also pseudo-Lucian
repetition, 170
symposiac works, 34
Lucius, 172
Luria, Aleksandr Romanovich, 65–66
Macrobius, 32, 45, 47
bee metaphor, 75–76, 92
chronological conflict, 46
data management, 92
miscellany, 32
spoudaiogeloion, use of, 48
symposiac work, 33, 34, 36–37, 83
on use of humor, 50
Martial, 84, 95
wooden slats and, 80
materiality of writing, 14, 173, 211
as cause and effect, 155–156
maxim (gnōmē), 26, 71, 140, 142, See also sententiae
as departure for inquiry (thesis), 26
enhancement of, 137–138
medical recipes, See also Aramaic treatise of simple remedies; medical treatises
definition, 181
as discursive items, 189–191
expansion by case histories, 200
expansion by individualizing, 201
extracting and compiling, 183–184
form, 189
giluya, 187–189
in Babylonian Talmud, 187–189
in erudite works, 198–199
paradoxographical works and, 207
pause recipes, 180–183
single-use, 188
snake problems, 201–207
as template, 209
tractate Gittin, 178–183
tsafdina, 184–185
types, 180–183
verb recipes, 180–183, 219
medical treatises, See also Aramaic treatise of simple remedies; medical recipes; euporista
erōtapokriseis, 189–191
excerpts in Babylonian Talmud, 177, 187–189, 208–209
question-and-answer format, 189–191
recipe form, 189
Methodius of Olympus
symposiac works, 46
mimesis, 125, 127
as dating criterion, 125–126
Tosefta, 126
miniature excerpts, 107, 109
miniature stories, 156, 161, 163
in Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 155
miniature units, 147
miniaturization, 84, 146
miscellanies, 6, 19–20, 23
Aelian, 31
anthologies, 22
Gellius, 30–31
structure, 30–31
types, 31–32
miscellany, 30
usefulness, 32
Mishnah, 37
Babylonian Talmud and, 22, 37
dating, 22
formation, 38–39
genre, 37–40
Oral Torah, 56–57
repetition, 57–58
as schoolbook, 137
mishnaic commentary
as structuring principle, 110
mosaics, 146–147, 150
as metaphor of literary pattern, 147
Moscovitz, Leib, 100
narration (diēgēsis/narratio), 14, 105, 133, 139, 142
Aelius Théon, 109, 148
plausibility, 139
talmudic commentaries, 131
Neusner, Jacob, 6, 7, 11
New Testament, 141, 142
formation, 3–4
orality, 62
Nicolaus
progymnasmata treatise, 137
tale (mythos/fabula), 140
Nicomachus, 34
oeconomica, 40
Olson, David, 66
Oral Torah, 56–58, 61, 67, 93, 213
oral transmission, 56–60
implausibility, 60–62
orality
New Testament, 62
Qur’an, 62
“oral Torah,” 7, 12
oratory, humor in, 50
ostraca
writing materials, 85–86
Palestinian Talmud
dating, 127–128
digressions, 38
harmonization, 28
as literary source, 171
relationship to Babylonian, 14, 103–104, 122, 130
repetition, 57–58
Tarsian story, 102–103
as template source, 161
temporal proximity to Babylonian, 103–104, 128–132
paradoxographical works
Aelian, 20, 206
medical recipes and, 207
Rivers and Mountains and What Is Found in Them, 171
paradoxographies, 206–207
paraphrase and elaboration (exergasia), 142
economy of method, 169
repetition by, 169
pause recipes, 182, 180–183
giluya, 187–189
source, 186–187
source treatise, 185
structure, 186
Penella, Robert, 145
peroration
talmudic commentaries, 131
peroration (epilogos/peroratio), 14, 105
Philemon, 171
Philostratus, 48, 51
Phlegon of Tralles, 206
Piccione, Rosa Maria, 90
Picus, Daniel, 213
“piecemeal writing practice,” 91
Plato, 147
on genre, 17
as model, 126
symposiac works, 33
plausibility, 21, See also verisimilitude
narration (diēgēsis/narratio), 139
tale (mythos/fabula), 139
Pliny the Elder, 32, 43, 72, 73, 84
data management, 13–14, 76–78
keyword system, 82–83
lemma identification, 97
miscellany, 32
Pliny the Younger, 76, 77
private library, 78
Plutarch, 34
snakes, 206
symposiac works, 34
preliminary rhetorical exercises. See progymnasmata
Preuss, Julius, 101
Priscian, 143, 145
proem (prooimion/exordium), 14, 105
Aelius Théon, 26, 150
talmudic commentaries, 131
progymnasmata, 15
chreia, 26, 70–71, 137–140, 142
comparison (syncrisis), 142
fable (mythos), 108, 142
inquiry (thesis), 25–26, 142
maxim (gnōmē), 26, 71, 137–138, 140, 142
narration (diēgēsis/narratio), 133, 139, 142
paraphrase and elaboration (exergasia), 142, 169
reminiscence (apomnēmoneuma), 71, 142
saying (logikon), 138–139
speech in character (ethopoeia), 141, 142, 167–168
tale (mythos/fabula), 133, 139–140
vivid description (ekphrasis), 141, 142, 147
progymnasmatic curriculum, 15, 65, 136–137, 142, See also rhetoric
cross-cultural impact, 142–145
expansion, 135
formative impact on literary culture, 145–148
training in composition, 137, 140–142
translations of, 142–144
treatises on, 136–137
uniformity, 135, 142
universality of goals, 136
verisimilitude, 156
progymnasmatic forms
exegetical story, 141–142, 150
progymnasmatic principles
as tertium comparationis, 15
progymnasmatic training
as cause and effect, 176
commentaries and, 23–24
evidence of, 141–142, 209, 217
literary productivity and, 137–138
rabbinic literature and, 176
prohibition of writing, 58–60
proofs (probatio/pistis), 14, 105
talmudic commentaries, 131
pseudepigraphy, 45
pseudo-Lucian, 172
qordiaqos, 165–166
qordiaqos commentary, 41–42, 104–110, 161, 165, 181
composition, 165–166
keywords, 97–101
from mishnaic lemma, 101–104
from Palestinian Talmud, 101–104
lemma, 101
proem (prooimion/exordium), 106–110
Rav Amram story, 109, 161–166
Rav Sheshet story, 150
rhetorical structure, 106
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 15, 149–156
question-and-answer format, 169, 184, 189–191, See also erōtapokriseis
Quintilian, 61, 146
on annotations, 95
on draft versions, 89
on excerpting, 171
on sententiae, 146
Qur’an
formation, 91
orality, 62
R. Akiva
data management, 93
R. Hanina. See Hanina ben Dosa
R. Hiyya, 90
R. Ishmael, 39
R. Shimon b. Halafta, 21
R. Tanhum, 116, 120
R. Yehoshua ben Levi, 90
R. Yohanan, 45, 103, 184
Rabah bar bar Hanah, 19
rabbinic attribution
as dating criterion, 126–127
rabbinic literature, 145, 172
Babylonian Talmud and, 64
case-based forms, 200
Greek language and, 12
literacy and, 67
orality, 7, 61, 63
parallel stories, 90
progymnasmatic training and, 176
rhetorical structures, 116, 134
Roman/Persian literature and, 12
rabbinic stories. See talmudic stories
Rav Amram, 163–166, 169
Rav Amram story, 109, 156, 163
composition, 165–166
placement, 161
as preview excerpt, 161
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle and, 162–163
template for, 161–163
Yalta sequel, 163–166
Rav Hanina. See Hanina ben Dosa
Rav Kahana, 166
Rav Nahman bar Yizhaq, 45
Rav Papa, 185
Rav Sheshet, 103, 110, 161
Rav Sheshet story, 110, 150, 161
reminiscence (apomnēmoneuma), 71, 142
repetition, 185, See also exergasia
in Lucian of Samosata, 170
pedagogical device, 57–58
by exergasia, 169
restrictive nature of, 169–170
by reuse of own work, 170
by reuse of others’ works, 170–171
rhetoric, See also progymnasmatic curriculum
basis of composition, 134
curriculum, 136–137
necessity for training, 145
popularity, 134–135
schools of, 215–217
social benefits and uses, 135–136
stages of composition, 104–105
talmudic stories and, 173–176
rhetorical schools, 216–217
Jewish presence in, 215–16
rhetorical structure, 14, 82, 105–106
narration (diēgēsis/narratio), 14
peroration (epilogos/peroratio), 14
proem (prooimion/exordium), 26
proem (prooimion/exordium), 14
proofs (probatio/pistis), 14
of talmudic commentaries, 104–122
rhetorical training. See progymnasmatic training
Roberts, Michael, 145, 147
Rosenthal, Eliezer S., 6
Rottländer, Rolf, 13–14, 77–83, 92
Rubenstein, Jeffrey, 5, 65
Rustam, 161–163
Rustam story, 161–162
as template, 161–163
Saboraim, 124–125
Samuel, 98–99
Sasanid lore
as template source, 161
Sasanid Mesopotamia, 62, 144
education culture, 60, 214–217
rabbinic scholarship, 122
Sayers, Dorothy L., 1
saying (logikon), 26, 138, 140
as departure for inquiry (thesis), 26
transformation by exergasia, 138–139
scholia, 20, 40, 41, 53, 97
approximate to modern commentary, 24
Second Sophistic, 106, 126, 199
sententiae, 37See also maxim (gnōmē)
diversity, 146
pervasiveness in literature, 146
shamir, 21, 150, 157–158
Simonides, 93
Simplicius, 27
snakes
Aelian, 206
Plutarch, 206
problems with, 201–207
Solomon, 21, 110, 119, 120, 150–156, 203See also Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle
literary life, 156–158
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 15, 110, 150–156, 165, See also tale (mythos/fabula); late antique stories; talmudic stories
composition, 165–166
keywords, 154–155
as late antique story, 166
material factors, 155–156
miniature stories, 155
placement, 150
verisimilitude, 156
speech in character (ethopoeia), 127, 141, 142
Aelius Théon, 168
Aphthonius, 168
expansion of story by, 167–168
innovative potential, 167–168
restrictive nature of, 167–169
spoudaiogeloion, 47–50, 53, 54
Stammaim, 4–5, 7, 124–125, See also Amoraim; Tannaim
Stefaniw, Blossom, 145
Stol, Marten, 195
Suetonius, 89
sugyot. See arguments
Sussman, Yaakov, 9
symposiac compilations, 62
symposiac dialogue, 13
in Babylonian Talmud, 44–45
chronological conflict, 45–46
symposiac literature. See symposiac works
symposiac miscellany, 33
Babylonian Talmud as, 53, 55, 94, 210
symposiac works, 33
Athenaeus, 34–36, 83
Babylonian Talmud, 83
Babylonian Talmud and, 198
humor in, 46–48
Lucian of Samosata, 34
Macrobius, 33, 34, 36–37, 83
Methodius of Olympus, 46
Plato, 33
Plutarch, 34
spoudaiogeloion in, 47–50
symposium, 33
Syriac Book of Medicines, 21, 207
as comparandum, 192, 219
Sznol, Shifra, 213
Tahamtan, 161–162
tale (mythos/fabula), 133, 139–140, See also late antique stories; talmudic stories; Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle
Aelius Théon, 139, 140
Aphthonius, 139
lesson, 139
methods of variegation, 140
Nicolaus, 140
plausibility, 139
talmudic commentaries
keywords, 97–101
from Palestinian Talmud, 101–104
rhetorical structure
Gittin 67b–70b, 104–110
Sanhedrin 67b, 111–116
Shabbat 30a–31b, 116–122
talmudic euporiston. See Aramaic treatise of simple remedies
talmudic stories, 148–150, See also tale (mythos/fabula); late antique stories; Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle
composition, 174
innovative potential, 167–168
as late antique story, 149
plot summaries in, 171–172
repetition by exergasia, 169
restrictive effects on, 167–170
rhetoric and, 173–176
shortness, 172
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 150–156
expansion by ethopoeia, 167
templates, 161
tanna, tannay, 57–58
Tannaim, 4–5, See also Amoraim; Stammaim
Tarsian story, 102–103
templates, 161–167, 169, 171, 173, 183, 210, 211
medical recipes, 209
from Palestinian Talmud, 103, 161, 184
from Sasanid lore, 161
temporal proximity of Talmuds, 103–104, 128–132
tertium comparationis, 11–13
form and structure, 12
genre, 12, 13
practice, 12
progymnasmatic principles, 15
similarity, 12
thematic glossary, 20
Thibodeau, Philip, 207
Third Sophistic, 134
topos, 26
Tosefta
formation, 39
mimesis, 126
tractate Avodah Zarah, 182, 183
tractate Bava Metzi’a, 52
tractate Bava Qamma, 214
tractate Gittin, 21
qordiaqos commentary, 41–42, 161, 165, 181
giluya pause recipe, 187–189
keywords, 97–104
medical recipes, 178–183
Rav Amram story, 109, 161–166
Rav Sheshet story, 150
rhetorical structure, 104–110
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 15, 149–156, 166
tractate Hullin, 46
tractate Pesahim, 99, 160, 174
tractate Qiddushin
Rav Amram story (Yalta sequel), 164–165
tractate Sanhedrin
commentary rhetorical structure, 111–116
tractate Shabbat, 42, 46, 190
commentary rhetorical structure, 116–122
medical recipes, 201
giluya verb recipe, 187–189
snake problems, 201–207
tractate Temurah, 58
transformation of stories, 137–138
tsafdina medical recipe, 184–185
Ursicinus, 127
Veltri, Giuseppe, 178, 179
verb recipes, 180–183, 219
giluya, 187–189
verisimilitude, 18, See also plausibility
Solomon-Ashmedai story cycle, 156
value of, 156
Vidas, Moulie, 8, 10, 11, 57, 100
Vitruvius, 35, 130
vivid description (ekphrasis), 141, 142, 147, 175
Vorlagen. See templates
Weber, Ralph, 11
Weiss, Abraham, 179–180
wooden tablets, 78–79, 86–87
as loci of knowledge and achievement, 91
Woolf, Greg, 40
works of antiquarian erudition. See miscellanies
writing materials, 83–85
ostraca, 85–86
wooden slats, 78–81
wooden tablets, 78–79, 86–87, 91
writing, materiality of, 14, 173, 211
as cause and effect, 155–156
Written Torah, 59
Yalta, 164–166
Yalta sequel. See Rav Amram story
Yannai, 172

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