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Contours of coherence in rabbinic Judaism / by Jacob Neusner.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016
- Series:
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism 1384-2161 ; v. 97.
- Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 97
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Talmud. Moʻed katan.
- Talmud. Berakhot.
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Religious disputations.
- Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
- Jewish law.
- Aggada--History and criticism.
- Aggada.
- Talmud--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Talmud.
- Abbaye, 278-338.
- Abbaye.
- Talmud. Berakhot--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Talmud. Moʻed katan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxv, 941 pages) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Summary:
- This book shows that the disputes that characterize Rabbinic writings in the formative age underscore the coherence of Rabbinic Judaism. It is in three separate monographs. The first shows that disagreements concern secondary and tertiary issues. They therefore reinforce the primary norm by identifying as moot only trivial details. The second demonstrates, alternatively, that Halakhic disputes articulate unresolved conflict over generative principles. Sometimes, in the presentation of topics of the law, disputes not only indicate the range of consensus but bring to expression conflicting alternatives, theories that claim equal validity but contradict one another. Third, in some presentations of the law and in all presentations of theology where disputes occur, disputes simply gloss details in the application of accepted principles. They form a part of the exercise of legal or theological exegesis, filling in gaps with alternative facts.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The dispute in rabbinic Judaism
- pt. 2. System over self: the limited role of the sage in the Bavli
- pt. 3. Talmudic knowledge, types, forms and authorities of Mishnah-exegesis and of halakhic analysis: a probe of Bavli tractate Moʻed qatan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9004142312
- 9004144366
- 9004144374
- OCLC:
- 57040565
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