02894nam 2200685Ia 450 991045571680332120200520144314.01-280-47086-00-19-535271-80-585-33611-3(CKB)111004366530188(EBL)272545(OCoLC)476011327(SSID)ssj0000231846(PQKBManifestationID)11190507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231846(PQKBWorkID)10207269(PQKB)11294341(MiAaPQ)EBC272545(Au-PeEL)EBL272545(CaPaEBR)ebr10278507(CaONFJC)MIL47086(OCoLC)935260725(EXLCZ)9911100436653018819970829d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRabbinic authority[electronic resource] /Michael S. BergerNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512269-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Domains of Divine Revelation and Rabbinic Activity and Their Relationship; Part I: Institutional Authority of the Talmudic Sages; TWO: ""The Judge in Charge at the Time"": Rabbinic Authority as Divine Command; THREE: The Sages as the Sanhedrin; FOUR: Ordination: Standing in the Sandals of Moses; Part II: Personal Qualities of the Talmudic Sages; FIVE: The Rabbis as Experts; SIX: The Divinely Guided Sages; Part III: Rabbinic Authority as Authority Transformed; SEVEN: The Authority of Publicly Accepted Practice; EIGHT: The Authority of TextsNINE: Rethinking Authority: Interpretive Communities and Forms of Life Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Examines the nature and sources of the authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries CE, whose statements serve as the basis for Halakhah (Jewish law). Berger critiques the notion of their authority, the assumptions undergirding it and the implications that follow.TannaimAmoraimRabbisOfficeRabbinical literatureHistory and criticismTradition (Judaism)Electronic books.Tannaim.Amoraim.RabbisOffice.Rabbinical literatureHistory and criticism.Tradition (Judaism)296.09015296.1200922Berger Michael S954744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455716803321Rabbinic authority2159476UNINA