Reading Talmudic sources as arguments

Reading Talmudic sources as arguments: a new interpretive approach

by Blankovsky, Yuval

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"Reading Talmudic Sources as Arguments: A New Interpretive Approach elucidates the unique characteristics of Talmudic discourse culture. Approaching Talmudic literature from a linguistic perspective, the book shows the extensive and hidden ways in which later rabbis used early formulations. Applying Quentin Skinners' interpretive question "What was the author doing in composing the text in this particular way?" to Talmudic literature reveals that Talmudic debate is not only about ideas, concept…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Reading Talmudic sources as arguments : a new interpretive approach / by Yuval Blankovsky.

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"Reading Talmudic Sources as Arguments: A New Interpretive Approach elucidates the unique characteristics of Talmudic discourse culture. Approaching Talmudic literature from a linguistic perspective, the book shows the extensive and hidden ways in which later rabbis used early formulations. Applying Quentin Skinners' interpretive question "What was the author doing in composing the text in this particular way?" to Talmudic literature reveals that Talmudic debate is not only about ideas, concepts and laws but also about the latter's connection to pre-existing formulations. These early traditions, rather than only being accepted or not, are used by later generations to build their own arguments. The book articulates the function of tradition at the time that Rabbinic Judaism was forged"

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:© 2020

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Place of Publication:Boston
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:© 2020

Notes

Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 146-153.

The Physical Object

  • Description:XII, 157 Seiten

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789004430037, 9004430032
  • oclc:on1225283615
  • LC Classification:BM503.6
  • Dewey Decimal:296.1/2066

Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Littérature rabbinique -- Histoire et c… Rabbinical literature Rabbinical literature -- History and cr… Talmud

Writers

Blankovsky, Yuval

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