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This book analyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud.

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Author:   Eugene B. Borowitz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Edition:   New ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780791467022

ISBN 10:   0791467023
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Part One. Entering the Maze of Rabbinic Diction Introduction to a Religious Puzzle 1. What Is the Aggadah Problem? Part Two. Scrutinizing Talmudic Aggadah at Three Levels 2. The Surface Characteristics 3. The Substantive Concerns 4. The ""Logic"" 5. Does Extending the Sample Alter the Finding? Part Three. The Limits and Nature of Aggadah 6. Is Aggadic Discourse Self-Limiting? 7. Positively, What Is Aggadah 8. Reconstruing the Aggadah Problem Afterword Notes Bibliography of Works Cited Tina Weiss Index"

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This is an important study of rabbinic methodology applying contemporary philosophical hermeneutics to help sort out the unique attributes and content of aggadah. Borowitz provides an excellent review of secondary scholarship in the modern and contemporary period on the nature of rabbinic thought, logic, and discourse.

Author Information

Eugene B. Borowitz is Distinguished University Professor and the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of many books, including Studies in the Meaning of Judaism and The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the realm of Jewish thought.

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