Lost Yelammedenu recension behind Tanhuma traditions
A lost or partially preserved Yelammedenu recension/source stratum inferred behind Tanhuma-family quotations, fragments, and later compilations.
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A lost or partially preserved midrashic source stratum behind later Tanhuma-family material.
This article describes an entity that is not directly attested as a complete recoverable Yelammedenu original; it is inferred from quotations, fragmentary manuscripts, partially preserved versions, and later Tanhuma-family redactions.
Epistemic status
Draft article. The quotation and fragmentary routes are source-backed, but the object is best treated as a recension or source stratum rather than a single original archetype.
Summary
Encyclopaedia Judaica describes many medieval quotations and fragmentary manuscripts of Tanhuma-Yelammedenu material, including partially preserved versions from the Cairo Genizah. It also says later research distinguishes early, middle, and late redactional strata rather than a single original. The Jewish Encyclopedia preserves the older formulation that Yelammedenu was otherwise completely lost and that later Tanhuma material contains material of the lost Yelammedenu. Inferpedia uses the cautious recension/source-stratum framing.
What is being inferred
The inferred entity is a lost or partially preserved Yelammedenu source stratum behind Tanhuma-family quotations, fragments, and later compilations.
What is attested
The sources attest medieval quotations, fragmentary manuscripts, partially preserved versions, an older lost-work formulation, later preservation of Yelammedenu material, and modern caution about redactional strata.
Why infer this entity
Quotation routes and later reuse imply a missing textual layer. The diversity of recensions prevents treating it as one clean archetype, but it still belongs in Inferpedia as a navigable source-stratum lacuna.
Evidence ledger
- E1, Encyclopaedia Judaica: supporting trace for medieval quotations.
- E2, Encyclopaedia Judaica: primary trace for fragmentary manuscripts.
- E3, Encyclopaedia Judaica: supporting trace for partially preserved versions.
- E4, Encyclopaedia Judaica: counterevidence from redactional strata.
- E5, Jewish Encyclopedia: supporting trace for extensive citation.
- E6, Jewish Encyclopedia: supporting trace for lost-work status.
- E7, Jewish Encyclopedia: supporting trace for later material of the lost Yelammedenu.
Counterarguments
A single original Yelammedenu may be a scholarly simplification. The tradition is layered, and later Tanhuma recensions may preserve different source strata rather than one lost book.
Confidence scores
Direct attestation: 46. Existence warrant: 74. Specificity: 66. Reconstruction dependence: 94. Counterevidence: 44.
What would change the score
A source-critical edition mapping fragments and quotations to distinct Yelammedenu strata would raise specificity. Evidence that the lost-work formulation is merely a naming confusion would lower the score.
Why this candidate exists
Codex-native Judaism category traversal selected a midrashic genre where later recensions and citations preserve traces of lost or partially preserved source strata.
L3 Evidence packet
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu
Quote: "Many medieval quotations"
Paraphrase: The source reports later quotation routes for Tanhuma/Yelammedenu material.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 82
Cluster: yelammedenu
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu - Direct attestation
Warrant role: Primary trace
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu
Quote: "fragmentary manuscripts"
Paraphrase: The source reports fragmentary manuscript traces.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 84
Cluster: yelammedenu
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu
Quote: "partially preserved versions"
Paraphrase: The source supports a partially preserved rather than wholly absent transmission picture.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 82
Cluster: yelammedenu
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu - Negative evidence
Warrant role: Counterevidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 72
Access level: Full text
Locator: Encyclopaedia Judaica, Tanhuma Yelammedenu
Quote: "redactional strata"
Paraphrase: Modern scholarship favors strata and versions over a single recoverable original.
Reliability: 72 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: yelammedenu
Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash
Quote: "extensively referred to"
Paraphrase: The source reports extensive later reference to Yelammedenu.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 78
Cluster: yelammedenu
Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash - Indirect reference
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash
Quote: "work has been completely lost"
Paraphrase: The older entry explicitly treats Yelammedenu as lost apart from quotations and later use.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 86
Cluster: yelammedenu
Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash - Shared wording
Warrant role: Supporting evidence
Source authority: Encyclopedia summary 68
Access level: Full text
Locator: Jewish Encyclopedia, Tanhuma Midrash
Quote: "material of the lost Yelammedenu"
Paraphrase: The source says later Tanhuma material preserves material from the lost Yelammedenu.
Reliability: 68 - Relevance: 88
Cluster: yelammedenu
Offline existing-inferon judge ledger control source - Network gap
Warrant role: Noetic interpretation
Source authority: Noetic model prior 50
Access level: No external text
Locator: existing_inferon_judge_promote:inferon:418
Paraphrase: Offline judge treated existing inferon 418 (source_dependence) as support for Lost Yelammedenu recension behind Tanhuma traditions. Evidence strength: source-backed prior reading already isolated a bounded missing or reconstructed entity; suitable for L2 only. The accountable path is EvidencePath 1635.
Reliability: 74 - Relevance: 66
Cluster: existing_inferon_judge_promote:06371c10ebdc71437cd62f5a043f4f6d
Arguments
Existing inferon 418 supports an L2 inferred candidate for Lost Yelammedenu recension behind Tanhuma traditions; this remains below publication and is not direct attestation.
AI-assessed L2 Quotient triage: AI judge warrant assessment for L2 Quotient triage; existing AI-created evidence remains below publication.
A lost Yelammedenu recension behind Tanhuma traditions is warranted as a cautious source-backed draft inferred-source entity.
The lost-source signal is strong, but the entity must be framed as a source stratum or recension because the tradition is diverse and redactionally layered.