02576nam 2200541Ia 450 991045132250332120200520144314.01-280-53363-30-19-535724-8(CKB)1000000000414784(EBL)431019(OCoLC)252605009(SSID)ssj0000233118(PQKBManifestationID)11173554(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233118(PQKBWorkID)10215741(PQKB)10755640(MiAaPQ)EBC431019(Au-PeEL)EBL431019(CaPaEBR)ebr10279431(CaONFJC)MIL53363(EXLCZ)99100000000041478419950807d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading the rabbis[electronic resource] the Talmud as literature /David KraemerNew York Oxford University Pressc19961 online resource (180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-509623-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: The Talmud as Religious Literature; 2. Torah, Written and Oral; 3. The Rabbis and Scripture; 4. Rhetorics of Tradition and Innovation; 5. On Truth, Human and Divine; 6. Pluralism and Pragmatism; 7. Women Categorized; 8. The Problem with Foreskin: Circumcision, Gender, Impurity, and Death; 9. On Human Suffering; 10. The Difference a Lens Makes; Notes; Bibliography; IndexTraditionally, the Talmud was read as law, that is, as the authoritative source for Jewish practice and obligations. To this end, it was studied at the level of its most minute details, with readers often ignoring the composite whole and attending only to final decisions. Methods of reading have shifted as more readers and students have turned to the Talmud for evidence of rabbinic history, religion, rhetoric, or anthropology; still, few have employed a genuinely literary approach. In Reading the Rabbis, Kraemer attempts to fill this gap. He uses the tools developed in the study of other literRabbinical literatureElectronic books.Rabbinical literature.296.1/25066Kraemer David Charles890370MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451322503321Reading the rabbis2254219UNINA