ISBN:
9789004187580
,
9004187588
,
9789004188297
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource ( 248 S. )
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Volume 144
Series Statement:
Brill ebook titles
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
Journal for the study of Judaism Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als What is Good, and What God Demands: Normative Structures in Tannaitic Literature
DDC:
296.18
Keywords:
Akiba ben Joseph ca. 50-ca. 132
;
Ishmael ben Elisha 2nd cent
;
Ishmael ben Elisha
;
Akiba ben Joseph
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
;
Rabbinical literature History and criticism
;
Jewish law Interpretation and construction
;
Tannaim
;
Rabbinical literature History and criticism
;
Jewish law Interpretation and construction
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /T. Novick -- Introduction /T. Novick -- Chapter One. Categorical Oppositions /T. Novick -- Chapter Two. Teleological Mitzvah /T. Novick -- Chapter Three. Scripture And World: Between The Schools Of R. Akiva And R. Ishmael /T. Novick -- Chapter Four. The Normative Realm As Mitzvah /T. Novick -- Chapter Five. "One Need Not Scruple": Law As Intrusion /T. Novick -- Chapter Six. Cautious Actors /T. Novick -- Chapter Seven. Eager Observance /T. Novick -- Chapter Eight. Exemplarity /T. Novick -- Conclusion /T. Novick -- Bibliography /T. Novick -- Index Of Names /T. Novick -- Index Of Sources /T. Novick.
Abstract:
The normative rhetoric of tannaitic literature (the earliest extant corpus of rabbinic Judaism) is predominantly deontological. Prior scholarship on rabbinic supererogation, and on points of contact with Greco-Roman virtue discourse, has identified non-deontological aspects of tannaitic normativity. However, these two frameworks overlook precisely the productive intersection of deontological with non-deontological, the first because supererogation defines itself against obligation, and the second because the Greco-Roman comparate discourages serious treatment of law-like elements. This book addresses ways in which alternative normative forms entwine with the core deontological rhetoric of tannaitic literature. This perspective exposes, inter alia, echoes of the post-biblical wisdom tradition in tannaitic law, the rich polyvalence of the category mitzvah, and telling differences between the schools of Akiva and Ishmael
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and an indexes
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004187580.i-248
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