Geller, M;
(2021)
From Tablet to Talmud: Canonised Knowledge in Late Antiquity.
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History
, 8
(1-2)
pp. 171-179.
10.1515/janeh-2020-0011.
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Abstract
The article explores whether key features of Babylonian textual standardisation may have may have influenced basic patterns of text and commentary in the Babylonian Talmud. The paper takes the view that canonicity is a complex process involving different levels of standardising texts. On the whole, canonicity preserved major texts (like Gilgamesh, the Bible, the Hippocratic Corpus), but others considered as non-canonical (or ‘outside’) could still be used for explanatory purposes. The structure of the Babylonian Talmud (Mishnah, Gemara, Tosephta-based Beraitôt) serves as a useful model for comparison with earlier cuneiform compendia.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | From Tablet to Talmud: Canonised Knowledge in Late Antiquity |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1515/janeh-2020-0011 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0011 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | canonicity; commentary; nishu; Talmud |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110417 |
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