The Rhetoric Of The Babylonian Talmud Its Social Meaning And Context
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The Rhetoric Of The Babylonian Talmud Its Social Meaning And Context
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Author : Jack N. Lightstone
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Rhetoric Of The Babylonian Talmud Its Social Meaning And Context written by Jack N. Lightstone and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Religion categories.
Virtually from its redaction about the sixth century A.D., the Babylonian Talmud became the rabbinic document par excellence. Through its lens almost all previous canonical rabbinic tradition was refracted. Study and mastery of the Talmud marked one as a rabbi, a “master.” This book examines the character, use and social meaning of the formalized rhetoric which pervades the Babylonian Talmud. It explores, first, how the editors of the Talmud employ a consistent and highly laconic code of formalized linguistic terms and literary patterns to create the Talmud’s (renowned) dialectical, analytic “essays.” Second, the work considers the social meanings implicitly communicated by the use of this rhetoric, which not only provided an authoritative model for modes of thought and for treatment of earlier authoritative Judaic tradition, but also reflected, reinforced or helped engender new social definitions. Through comparison of the Talmud’s rhetoric with that of other, earlier rabbinic documents and by placing the editing of the Talmud against the backdrop of the social and political situation of Rabbinism in the Late Persian Empire, the book relates the Talmud’s creation and promulgation to a major shift in Rabbinism’s understanding of the social role, “rabbi,” and to the emergence and ascendancy of the talmudic academy (the Yeshiva) as the primary institution of Rabbinism toward the end of Late Antiquity. In its agenda, and methodological and theoretical perspectives, The Rhetoric of the Babylonian Talmud brings together the insights and tools of historical, literary and rhetorical analysis of the New Testament and of early rabbinic literature, on the one hand, and the sociological and anthropological study of religion, on the other.
Law Rhetoric Of The Babylonian Talmud Its Social Meaning And Context
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Author : Jack N. Lightstone
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Law Rhetoric Of The Babylonian Talmud Its Social Meaning And Context written by Jack N. Lightstone and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Rabbis And Classical Rhetoric
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Author : Richard Hidary
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018
Rabbis And Classical Rhetoric written by Richard Hidary and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Religion categories.
Shows the unique perspective of Talmudic rabbis as they navigate between platonic objective truth and the realm of rhetorical argumentation.
The Talmud S Theological Language Game
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Author : Eugene B. Borowitz
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
The Talmud S Theological Language Game written by Eugene B. Borowitz and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Religion categories.
In this pioneering effort, noted Jewish philosopher Eugene B. Borowitz opens up the rules by which the language-game of aggadic discourse is carried on in the Talmud, the foundational document of rabbinic and all later Judaism. These findings are compared with the aggadah (the realm in which almost all explicit statements about classic Jewish religious belief occur) of some other early rabbinic writings. Two issues drive Borowitz's inquiry: What, if anything, constrains the unprecedented freedom of this realm? and How might one positively characterize the aggadah? Borowitz introduces us to the rabbis not only in their amazing profundity, but also in their unguarded humanity. He concludes with a reflection on how this old Jewish language-game should influence contemporary Jewish thought, and, perhaps, other religious thought as well.
The Culture Of The Babylonian Talmud
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Author : Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2003-11-26
The Culture Of The Babylonian Talmud written by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-26 with History categories.
This book provides a unique and new perspective on the formative years of rabbinic Judaism and will be essential reading for all students of the Talmud.--Michael Satlow, Brown University "Journal of Jewish Studies"
Mishnah And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild
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Author : Jack N. Lightstone
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Mishnah And The Social Formation Of The Early Rabbinic Guild written by Jack N. Lightstone and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Religion categories.
Where do the origins of the rabbinic movement lie, and how might evidence from the early rabbinic literature be made to reveal those origins? In order to shed light on the early social formation of the rabbinic guild of masters, Lightstone brings the theoretical and methodological insights of socio-rhetorical analysis to examine Mishnah, the first document authored by the early rabbinic movement and its principal object of study for several centuries. He argues that the enshrinement of Mishnah served to model, via its pervasive rhetoric, the principal authoritative guild expertise that qualified and marked one as a member of the rabbinic guild. Furthermore, he establishes the social and historical venue in late second- and early third-century Galilee. The author concludes that the social formation of the early rabbinic guild coalesced around the institution of the Jewish Patriarchy, for which the early rabbis served as bureaucratic-scribal retainers. He further suggests that the development of both the Patriarchy in the Land of Israel and the social formation of the rabbinic guild may have been spurred by the imposition of Roman-style urbanization in the region over the course of the latter half of the second and beginning of the third century. Lightstone’s approach is informed by the insights and methods of several cognate disciplines, encompassing literary analysis, sociology and anthropology, and history (including, in the last chapter, the history of material culture). The book will be of interest to advanced students in the history of Judaism, rabbinic literature, biblical studies, early Christianity, and the history of religion and culture in the late Roman Near East.
The Rhetorical Analysis Of Scripture
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Author : Stanley E. Porter
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1997-09-01
The Rhetorical Analysis Of Scripture written by Stanley E. Porter and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-01 with Religion categories.
This is the third in a series of conference papers on rhetorical criticism. Held in July 1995 in London, the conference included participants from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Republic of South Africa. Part I is concerned with the past, present and future of rhetorical analysis; Parts II, III and IV are concerned with rhetorical analysis of scriptural texts; and Part V provides a conclusion reflecting on a number of questions raised in Part I. Most of the participants would characterize themselves as advocates of rhetorical criticism; but there were others less convinced that rhetorical criticism is developing as it ought.
Society The Sacred And Scripture In Ancient Judaism
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Author : Jack N. Lightstone
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2010-10-30
Society The Sacred And Scripture In Ancient Judaism written by Jack N. Lightstone and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-30 with Religion categories.
This work explores the relationship between religion, social patterns, and the perception of the character of scripture in four modes of Ancient Judaism: (1) the Jerusalem community of the fifth to fourth centuries B.C.E. (ie, the Early Second Temple Period); (2) the Judaism of the Graeco-Roman Disapora down to the end of the fourth century of the Christian Era; (3) earliest rabbinic Judaism in the second century C.E> in the land of Israel; (4) Late Antique Talmudic Rabbinism, primarily inn Babylonia, down to the sixth century of the Christian Era. Lightstone attempts not only to describe these perceptions and relationships but also to account for them, to explore why scripture should be thus perceived. His imaginative approach to the challenging descriptive and theoretical tasks is influenced by literary and form-critical methods as well as by the methods and perspectives of social anthropology and sociology of the mind. This unique attempts at revising the perception of the character of scripture should arouse the interest of scholars and students of Ancient Judaism.
Creation And Composition
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Author : Jeffrey L. Rubenstein
language : en
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Release Date : 2005
Creation And Composition written by Jeffrey L. Rubenstein and has been published by Mohr Siebeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Aggada categories.
The contributors to this book analyze how the redactors of the Talmud transformed and reworked earlier aggadic (non-legal) traditions. Critical study of the Babylonian Talmud is founded on the distinction between two literary strata: traditions attributed to named sages (the Amoraim, c. 200-450 CE) and setam hatalmud, the unattributed or anonymous material. The conclusion of modern scholars is that the anonymous stratum postdates the Amoraic stratum and should be attributed to the Talmudic redactors, also known as Stammaim (c. 450-700 CE.) The contribution of the Stammaim to the aggadic (non-legal) portions of the Talmud - to midrash, narratives, ethics and theology - has received minimal scholarly attention. The articles in this book demonstrate that the Stammaim made a profound contribution to the aggadic portions of the Babylonian Talmud and illustrate the processes by which they created and composed many aggadic traditions.
Rhetoric And Scripture
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Author : Thomas H. Olbricht
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2021-03-31
Rhetoric And Scripture written by Thomas H. Olbricht and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-31 with Religion categories.
This book offers a unique overview of the development of rhetorical criticism both in North America and internationally through the work of pioneering New Testament scholar Thomas H. Olbricht. Lauri Thurén has gathered nineteen of Olbricht's essays as a guidebook to rhetorical criticism for students, clergy, and scholars. The range of essays from throughout Olbricht's career illuminate the history of rhetorical criticism and reflect the different motivations of ancient and contemporary rhetorical approaches. Essays focus on the history of biblical rhetorical analysis, the rhetorical analysis of biblical texts, the characteristics of rhetorical analysis, and types of biblical rhetorical criticism. A foreword by Thurén and a memorial essay by Carl R. Holladay contextualize Olbricht's work. Anyone interested in the rhetorical study of the New Testament will find this volume inspiring and informative.