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Cabala --- Kabbale --- Bible. --- Sifra di-tseniʻuta --- Commentaries --- Commentaries

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Sifra --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. --- 296*132 --- Sifra op Leviticus --- 296*132 Sifra op Leviticus --- Sifra de-vei Rav --- Sifra de-ve Rav --- Torat Kohanim --- Midrash Sifra --- Sifra on Leviticus --- Torat ha-Kohanim --- Sefer Torat Kohanim --- Sifra Torat Kohanim --- Kitāb-i Va-yīgrā (Book of the Old Testament) --- Lāviyān (Book of the Old Testament) --- Leviticus (Book of the Old Testament) --- Lewigi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Newigi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Ṿa-yiḳra --- Ṿayiḳra (Book of the Old Testament) --- Vayikro

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In this book Jacob Neusner analyzes the text of Sifra, a commentary on the book of Leviticus, arguing that Sifra should be understood as successfully relating the Mishnah, the authoritative writing down of the Oral Torah, to Jewish Scripture, or the written Torah. Neusner shows how Sifra's authors adopted a mediating position between the written Torah and the Mishnah, reconstructing large tracts of the Mishnah according to the logic and program of the written Torah of Leviticus.

Tradition (Judaism) --- 296*1 --- Halacha --- Halakha --- Oral law (Judaism) --- Oral tradition (Judaism) --- Zugot --- 296*1 Hebreeuwse bijbel: targum; midrasj; bijbelcommentaren; haggadische verzamelingen--(algemeen) --- Hebreeuwse bijbel: targum; midrasj; bijbelcommentaren; haggadische verzamelingen--(algemeen) --- Mishnah --- Sifra --- Sifra de-vei Rav --- Sifra de-ve Rav --- Torat Kohanim --- Midrash Sifra --- Sifra on Leviticus --- Torat ha-Kohanim --- Sefer Torat Kohanim --- Sifra Torat Kohanim --- Mishna --- Mishnayot --- Mischnajot --- Mischna --- Mishne --- Michnah --- Mišnâh --- Mišna --- Mishnayoth --- Mishno --- Shishah sidre Mishnah --- משנה --- ששה סדרי משנה --- משניות --- Relation to Sifra. --- Relation to Mishnah. --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion

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The earliest rabbinic commentary to the Book of Leviticus, the Sifra, is generally considered an exemplum of Rabbi Akiva's intensely scriptural school of interpretation. But, Azzan Yadin-Israel contends, the Sifra commentary exhibits two distinct layers of interpretation that bring dramatically different assumptions to bear on the biblical text: earlier interpretations accord with the hermeneutic principles associated with Rabbi Ishmael, the other major school of early rabbinic midrash, while later additions subtly alter hermeneutic terminology and formulas, resulting in an engagement with Scripture that is not interpretive at all. Rather, the midrashic terminology in the Sifra's anonymous passages is part of what Yadin-Israel calls "a hermeneutic of camouflage," aimed at presenting oral traditions as though they were Scripture-based injunctions.Scripture and Tradition offers a radical rereading of the Sifra and its authorship, with far-reaching ramifications for our understanding of rabbinic literature as a whole. Using this new understanding of the Sifra as his starting point, Yadin-Israel demonstrates a two fold break in the portrayal of Rabbi Akiva: hermeneutically, the sober midrashist who appeared in earlier rabbinic sources is transformed into an inspired, oracular interpreter of Scripture in the Babylonian Talmud; while the biographically unremarkable sage is recast as a youthful ignoramus who came to Torah study late in life. The dual transformations of Rabbi Akiva-like the Sifra's hermeneutic of camouflage-are motivated by an ideological shift toward a greater emphasis on scriptural authority and away from received traditions, an insight that sheds new light on the vexing question of midrash and oral tradition in rabbinic sources. Through this close examination of a notoriously difficult text, Scripture and Tradition recovers a vital piece of the history of Jewish thought.

Halakhic Midrashim --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Akiba ben Joseph, --- Bible. --- Sifrei. --- Sifra --- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish. --- Hermeneutics. --- Ancient Studies. --- History. --- Jewish Studies. --- Religion. --- Religious Studies.