What is good, and what God demands : normative structures in Tannaitic literature /

What is good, and what God demands : normative structures in Tannaitic literature /

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....

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Main Author: Novick, Tzvi.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Series: Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 144.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222731.

Subjects:

Akiba ben Joseph, > ca. 50-ca. 132.
Ishmael ben Elisha, > 2nd cent.
Bible. > O.T. > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.
Jewish law > Interpretation and construction.
Tannaim.

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Call Number: BM496.6 .N68 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. Categorical Oppositions /
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  • Chapter Two. Teleological Mitzvah /
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  • Chapter Three. Scripture And World: Between The Schools Of R. Akiva And R. Ishmael /
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  • Chapter Four. The Normative Realm As Mitzvah /
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  • Chapter Five. "One Need Not Scruple": Law As Intrusion /
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  • Chapter Six. Cautious Actors /
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  • Chapter Seven. Eager Observance /
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  • Chapter Eight. Exemplarity /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index Of Names /
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  • Index Of Sources /
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