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OverviewBetween the first and sixth centuries C.E., a group of sages that scholars refer to as the rabbinic community systematized their ideas about Judaism in works such as the Mishnah and the Talmud. David M. Grossberg offers a new approach to thinking about this community's formation. Rather than seeking an occasion of origin, he examines the gradual development of the idea of an authorized rabbinic collective. The classical rabbinic texts imagine a diverse setting of Sadducees, Pharisees, sinners, and sectarians interacting in complex and changing ways with pious sages, teachers, and judges. Yet this representation aligns only vaguely with the social reality in which these ancient sages actually lived and operated. The author contends that these texts' primary aim was not to describe real rabbinic opponents but to create and enforce boundaries between piety and impiety and between legitimate and illegitimate teachings. In this way, the emerging rabbinic movement set standards of inclusion and exclusion in the community of righteous Israel and established the bounds of the community aspiring to lead them, the rabbinic community itself. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David M. GrossbergPublisher: Mohr Siebeck Imprint: Mohr Siebeck Volume: 168 Dimensions: Width: 24.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.20cm Weight: 0.575kg ISBN: 9783161551475ISBN 10: 3161551478 Pages: 287 Publication Date: 21 June 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationBorn 1965; PhD from Princeton University; currently Visiting Scholar, Cornell University, Ithaca. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |