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Kraemer, David

 
9780195096231: Reading the Rabbis: The Talmud As Literature
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ISBN 10 : 0195096231 ISBN 13 : 9780195096231
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Traditionally, the Talmud was read as law, that is, as the authoritative source for Jewish practice and obligations. To this end, it was studied at the level of its most minute details, with readers often ignoring the composite whole and attending only to final decisions. Methods of reading have shifted as more readers and students have turned to the Talmud for evidence of rabbinic history, religion, rhetoric, or anthropology; still, few have employed a genuinely literary approach. In Reading the Rabbis, Kraemer attempts to fill this gap. He uses the tools developed in the study of other literatures, particularly rhetorical and reader-response criticisms, to unearth previously unnoticed levels of meaning. His book offers a new understanding of the complexity of Rabbinic Judaism, and a new model of rabbinic piety.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Traditionally, the Talmud was read as law, that is, as the authoritative source for Jewish practice and obligations. To this end, it was studied at the level of its most minute details, with readers often ignoring the composite whole and attending only to final decisions. Methods of reading have shifted as more readers and students have turned to the Talmud for evidence of rabbinic history, religion, rhetoric, or anthropology; still, few have employed a genuinely literary approach. In Reading the Rabbis, Kraemer attempts to fill this gap. He uses the tools developed in the study of other literatures, particularly rhetorical and reader-response criticisms, to unearth previously unnoticed levels of meaning. His book offers a new understanding of the complexity of Rabbinic Judaism, and a new model of rabbinic piety.

Revue de presse

"A strong scholarly contribution to the field of Rabbinics in particular, and to Jewish studies and Theology in general....Reading the Rabbis, combined with Kraemer's earlier Mind of the Talmud, changes the field of Talmudic studies. Given that the field has been vigorously pursued for fifteen centuries, this is a remarkable achievement."--Burton L. Visotzky, Jewish Theological Seminary

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195096231
ISBN 13 
9780195096231
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
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