Preface
Part One. Entering the Maze of Rabbinic Diction
Introduction to a Religious Puzzle
1. What Is the Aggadah Problem?
Part Two. Scrutinizing Talmudic Aggadah at Three Levels
2. The Surface Characteristics
3. The Substantive Concerns
4. The "Logic"
5. Does Extending the Sample Alter the Finding?
Part Three. The Limits and Nature of Aggadah
6. Is Aggadic Discourse Self-Limiting?
7. Positively, What Is Aggadah
8. Reconstruing the Aggadah Problem
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Tina Weiss
Index