sipur darshani

Question 1

Levinson’s 3 legs for existence

Answer 1

1. foucault (interpretation must say what has already been said)
2. symtomatic literary theory (ie, the text is just a symptom- think freudian analysis)
3. narrative gaps

Question 2

insight

Answer 2

later midrashim often rework the earlier material (particular focus on literary symmetry)
this new form is more unified by theme possible historical opening)

Question 3

bavli?

Answer 3

connects the transformation of the exegetical narrative to the development of indigenous genres in the bavli.
Thus begins to see clusters.
Bavli has new epistemology