ISBN:
9789047401728
,
9789004127968
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2002
Series Statement:
The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 9
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als How the Talmud Works
Keywords:
Talmud
Abstract:
The Bavli, or Talmud of Babylonia, the foundation-document of Judaism, its law, theology, and exegesis of Scripture, sets forth an orderly world, resting on reason and tested by rationality, all in accord with consistent principles. The document in its coherent intellectual program of inquiry and in its modes of formal cogency embodies that same passion for order, proportion, and rationality that, animates its concrete discussions. Here Neusner spells out the problem of the Bavli's intellectual cogency and formal coherence. He provides in exemplary detail the evidence that sustains that characterization of the writing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789047401728
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