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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806233803321

Autore

Borowitz Eugene B

Titolo

The Talmud's theological language-game : a philosophical discourse analysis / / Eugene B. Borowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8201-4

1-4237-7290-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Jewish philosophy

Disciplina

296.1/27606

Soggetti

Aggada - Philosophy

Aggada - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-291) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

What is the aggadah problem? -- The surface characteristics -- The substantive concerns -- The "logic" -- Does extending the sample alter the findings? -- Is aggadic discourse self-limiting? -- Positively, what is aggadah? -- Reconstruing the aggadah problem -- Can we theologize as the rabbis did?

Sommario/riassunto

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