Rabbinic authority [[electronic resource] /] / Michael S. Berger

• Autore: Berger Michael S
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.09015; 296.1200922
• Soggetto topico: Tannaim; Amoraim; Rabbis - Office; Rabbinical literature - History and criticism; Tradition (Judaism)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Texts ; NINE: Rethinking Authority: Interpretive Communities and Forms of Life Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rabbinic authority
• ISBN: 1-280-47086-0; 0-19-535271-8; 0-585-33611-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455716803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II