Socratic Torah - Non-Jews in Rabbinic Intellectual Culture

Zusatztext the book provides an interesting perspective on a small literary genre which deserves further study. Informationen zum Autor Independent scholar; PhD from Jewish Theological Seminary in Talmud and Rabbinics, 2010. Klappentext Jenny R. Labendz shows that despite the highly internal and self-referential nature of rabbinic Torah study, some ancient rabbis believed that the involvement of non-Jews in rabbinic intellectual culture was an enriching aspect of rabbinic learning and teaching. Zusammenfassung Jenny R. Labendz shows that despite the highly internal and self-referential nature of rabbinic Torah study, some ancient rabbis believed that the involvement of non-Jews in rabbinic intellectual culture was an enriching aspect of rabbinic learning and teaching. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Editions of Rabbinic Texts Introduction Chapter 1 Platonic and Rabbinic Dialogues Compared Chapter 2 The Epistemological Implications of Socratic Torah Chapter 3 Rabbinic Boundaries Expanded Chapter 4 Socratic Torah Contested Chapter 5 Multiple Audiences, Multiple Discourses Chapter 6 The Wisdom of Non-Jews and its Relevance to Torah Chapter 7 Rabbis and Non-Rabbis: Minim and Matrona Chapter 8 Rabbis and Non-Jews in the Babylonian Talmud Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: Jenny R Labendz, Jenny R. Labendz, Jenny R. (Independent scholar Labendz
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2013
• EAN: 9780199934560
• ISBN: 978-0-19-993456-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, RELIGION / Judaism / History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Ancient, Ancient / Biblical Israel, History of Religion, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Roman religion and mythology, Roman religion & mythology, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts