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Preface | |
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Abbreviations and Bibliography | |
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Transliterations | |
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Introduction | |
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The System as a Whole | |
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The Mishnaic System of Damages | |
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Mishnah's System | |
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Scripture's Rules and Systems | |
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The System of Mishnah in Relationship to the Rules of Scripture | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Formation of the Tractates | |
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Baba Qamma, Baba Mesia, Baba Batra | |
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Introduction | |
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Damage Done by Chattels (Baba Qamma) | |
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Damage Done by Persons. Theft. (Baba Qamma) | |
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The Disposition of Other People's Possessions (Baba Mesia) | |
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Illicit Commercial Transactions (Baba Mesia) | |
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Hiring Workers. Rentals and Bailments. (Baba Mesia) | |
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Real Estate (Baba Mesia, Baba Batra) | |
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Licit Commercial Transactions (Baba Batra) | |
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Inheritances and Wills. Other Commercial and Legal Documents (Baba Batra) | |
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Conclusion | |
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Sanhedrin, Makkot | |
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Introduction | |
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The Court System (Sanhedrin) | |
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The Death-Penalty (Sanhedrin) | |
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Perjury (Makkot) | |
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The Penalty of Exile (Makkot) | |
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The Penalty of Flogging (Makkot) | |
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Conclusion | |
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Shebuot | |
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Introduction | |
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Uncleanness of the Cult and its Holy Things and the Guilt-Offering | |
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Oaths | |
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Conclusion | |
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Abodah Zarah | |
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Introduction | |
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Commercial Relationships with Gentiles | |
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Idols | |
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Libation-Wine | |
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Conclusion | |
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Horayot | |
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Introduction | |
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The Offering Brought because of an Erroneous Decision by a Court | |
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The Offering Brought by the High Priest Who Has Unwittingly Done What Is Contrary to the Commandments of the Torah. The Ruler | |
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Individual, Anointed Priest, Community | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Unfolding of the Law | |
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Before 70 and from 70 to 120: The Mishnaic System of Damages before the Destruction of the Temple and in Yavnean Times | |
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Introduction | |
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Survey of Damages before 70 and from 70 to 120 | |
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Civil Law | |
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Torts | |
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Lost and Found. Bailments | |
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Commercial Transactions. Loans | |
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Real Estate | |
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Transactions with Pagans | |
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Civil Institutions of Government | |
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Court Procedures Oaths | |
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Tractates of Yavneh | |
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Shebuot | |
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Abodah Zarah | |
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Conclusion | |
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From 140 to 170: The Mishnaic System of Damages in the Time of Usha | |
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Introduction | |
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Survey of Damages from 140 to 170 | |
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Civil Law | |
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Torts and Damages | |
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Lost and Found. Bailments | |
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Commercial Transactions. Loans | |
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Real Estate | |
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Transactions with Pagans | |
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Relationships between Employers and Workers | |
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Inheritances and Wills | |
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Civil Institutions of Government | |
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Court Procedures. Oaths | |
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The Court System | |
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Judicial Penalties | |
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Judicial Error and Communal Atonement | |
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Tractates of Usha | |
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Baba Qamma | |
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Baba Mesia | |
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Baba Batra | |
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Sanhedrin | |
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Makkot | |
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Horayot | |
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Conclusion | |
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Two Addresses to the Society of Biblical Literature | |
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A Statement of Method (1979) | |
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Taking Things Apart to See How They work (1984) | |
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Reply to Critics. The Mishnah and the Smudgepots | |
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Index | |