Originally published as “The talmudic sugya as a literary unit: an analysis of Baba Kamma 2a-3b”, JJS 24.2 (Autumn 1973), 119-126. The first mishnah in Bava Kama states that there are four ‘main categories of injury’: the ox, the pit, maveh (on the meaning of which there is considerable discussion in the Talmud) and…
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