Rabbinic authority / Michael S. Berger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Michael S., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Talmud--Evidences, authority, etc.

Talmud--Inspiration.

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History.

Tannaim.

Amoraim.

Rabbis--Office.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Tradition (Judaism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the nature of the extraordinary authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries C.E. These teachers occupy an unrivalled position in traditional Judaism.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Domains of Divine Revelation and Rabbinic Activity and Their Relationship; Part I: Institutional Authority of the Talmudic Sages; TWO: ""The Judge in Charge at the Time"": Rabbinic Authority as Divine Command; THREE: The Sages as the Sanhedrin; FOUR: Ordination: Standing in the Sandals of Moses; Part II: Personal Qualities of the Talmudic Sages; FIVE: The Rabbis as Experts; SIX: The Divinely Guided Sages; Part III: Rabbinic Authority as Authority Transformed; SEVEN: The Authority of Publicly Accepted Practice; EIGHT: The Authority of Texts; NINE: Rethinking Authority: Interpretive Communities and Forms of Life Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774063-4

1-280-47086-0

0-19-535271-8

0-585-33611-3

OCLC:

476011327