The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis
Author:   Eugene B. Borowitz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791467015


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 April 2006
Format:   Hardback
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The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis


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Analyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud.

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Author:   Eugene B. Borowitz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9780791467015


ISBN 10:   0791467015
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   06 April 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Preface Part One. Entering the Maze of Rabbinic Diction Introduction to a Religious Puzzle 1. What Is the Aggadah Problem? Part Two. Scrutinizing Talmudic Aggadah at Three Levels 2. The Surface Characteristics 3. The Substantive Concerns 4. The ""Logic"" 5. Does Extending the Sample Alter the Finding? Part Three. The Limits and Nature of Aggadah 6. Is Aggadic Discourse Self-Limiting? 7. Positively, What Is Aggadah 8. Reconstruing the Aggadah Problem Afterword Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Tina Weiss Index"

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This is an important study of rabbinic methodology applying contemporary philosophical hermeneutics to help sort out the unique attributes and content of aggadah. Borowitz provides an excellent review of secondary scholarship in the modern and contemporary period on the nature of rabbinic thought, logic, and discourse.


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Eugene B. Borowitz is Distinguished University Professor and the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of many books, including Studies in the Meaning of Judaism and The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the realm of Jewish thought.

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