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THE RABBI ISHMAEL RULES
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Posting Form Style Brief Description
example1 Introduction to the concept of STYLE rules
example2 Overview of the 3 Style Rules
example3 Simple Sentence Generalization You completely GENERALIZE every SIMPLY stated law
example4 NonSpecific-Specific Literal Interpret a passage with a NON-SPECIFIC law followed by a SPECIFICATION as applying ONLY to the SPECIFIC example
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example5 General-Example Literal Interpret a Passage with a GENERAL law followed by an EXAMPLE as applying ONLY to that example case
example6 General-Detail Literal Interpret a Passage with a GENERAL law followed by a FURTHER DETAIL as applying ONLY when that DETAIL is present
example7 (General)-Example-General Restrictively Generalize Interpret a passage giving an EXAMPLE followed by a GENERAL PRINCIPLE as applying to anything SIMILAR to the EXAMPLE
example8 Repetition Climactically develop Interpret poetic REPETITIVE passages as sketching COMPONENTS of PERSONALITY traits
example9 Repetition Climactically develop Interpret poetic REPETITIVE passages as sketching PERSONALITY traits
Posting Form Style Brief Description
ri-14 Contradiction Resolve Review 5 methods of resolving CONTRADICTORY passages