What is good, and what God demands : normative structures in tannaitic literature / by Tzvi Novick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novick, Tzvi.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 144.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.

Jewish law.

Tannaim.

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

Bible.

Akiba ben Joseph, approximately 50-approximately 132.

Akiba ben Joseph.

Ishmael ben Elisha, active 2nd century.

Ishmael ben Elisha.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The normative rhetoric of tannaitic literature (the earliest extant corpus of rabbinic Judaism) is predominantly deontological. Prior scholarship on rabbinic supererogation, and on points of contact with Greco-Roman virtue discourse, has identified non-deontological aspects of tannaitic normativity. However, these two frameworks overlook precisely the productive intersection of deontological with non-deontological, the first because supererogation defines itself against obligation, and the second because the Greco-Roman comparate discourages serious treatment of law-like elements. This book addresses ways in which alternative normative forms entwine with the core deontological rhetoric of tannaitic literature. This perspective exposes, inter alia, echoes of the post-biblical wisdom tradition in tannaitic law, the rich polyvalence of the category mitzvah, and telling differences between the schools of Akiva and Ishmael.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / T. Novick

Introduction / T. Novick

Chapter One. Categorical Oppositions / T. Novick

Chapter Two. Teleological Mitzvah / T. Novick

Chapter Three. Scripture And World: Between The Schools Of R. Akiva And R. Ishmael / T. Novick

Chapter Four. The Normative Realm As Mitzvah / T. Novick

Chapter Five. "One Need Not Scruple": Law As Intrusion / T. Novick

Chapter Six. Cautious Actors / T. Novick

Chapter Seven. Eager Observance / T. Novick

Chapter Eight. Exemplarity / T. Novick

Conclusion / T. Novick

Bibliography / T. Novick

Index Of Names / T. Novick

Index Of Sources / T. Novick.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and an indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-94887-3

9786612948879

90-04-18829-0

OCLC:

700696876

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004187580.i-248 DOI