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    The Perfect Torah (2003)
    Leiden : BRILL
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    ISBN: 9789047402220 , 9789004130333
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2003
    Series Statement: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 13
    Series Statement: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Perfect Torah
    Keywords: Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish ; Aggada Philosophy ; Jewish law Philosophy ; Judaism Essence, genius, nature ; Judaism Sacred books ; Narration in rabbinical literature ; Rabbinical literature History and criticism
    Abstract: The perfect Torah is the medium through which the one, unique God makes himself known. The Judaic statement of monotheism comes to expression in Scripture as perfected by the Oral Torah in its native category-formations, Halakhah, norms of behavior, and Aggadah norms of belief. The Halakhah of the oral Torah conveys monotheism in a philosophical mode, and the Aggadah, monotheism in a mythic mode. What is perfect about the dual Torah, written and oral, is the perfect match between the message and the medium, Halakhah for the philosophical monotheism, Aggadah for the mythic statement of the same monotheism. Chapters One and Two explain the former, Chapters Three and Four the latter. The question answered here concerns how one canonical corpus perfects its companion and produces in consequence perfection: the realization of the initial intent and program of the Written by the Oral Torah. That is addressed by the construction of large exemplary structures of comparison and contrast in the shank of the book. Four principles are established: [1] the perfection through the systematization of the law of the Written Torah by the Oral Torah, in Chapter One; [2] the perfection of the medium of the Halakhah for the message of philosophical monotheism, in Chapter Two; [3] the perfection of Scripture's anomalous writings through the dismantling of one document and the systematic recasting of another, in Chapter Three; [4] the perfection of the medium of Aggadah in its form of narrative for the message of theology concerning God's personality and activity, in Chapter Four
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1163/9789047402220
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    The Mishnah, Social Perspectives Volume 2 (2002)
    Leiden : BRILL
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    ISBN: 9789004496699 , 9780391041592
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Year of publication: 2002
    Series Statement: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Mishnah, Social Perspectives Volume 2
    Keywords: Economics Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Judaism Essence, genius, nature ; Philosophy ; Politics in rabbinical literature
    Abstract: For Aristotle, politics, economics, and philosophy define the social construction of any society. For Judaism, the Mishnah-along with Scripture-sets forth the systematic statement for understanding the social construction and world view of Judaism around 200 C.E. The Mishnah functioned as the basic law in the holy land and was adopted also by Jews in the Diaspora, from Babylonia to the western satrapies of the Iranian empire of the Sasanians. Professor Jacob Neusner takes seriously the three principal tasks of theoretical thought enjoined by Aristotle and asks us to look at the Mishnah not as an inert collection of traditions passed on, but as a deliberate, programmatic statement of Judaism's way of life and world view. He points to the systematic nature of the Mishnah, with its six divisions, and shows how collectively those divisions cover the everyday life of the people. The Mishnah contains independent judgements about the nature of the system and does not merely rehearse what tradition says about a given topic. This interpretive aspect of the Mishnah has been ignored to the interpreter's peril, because it is precisely by paying attention to how the Mishnah uses traditions for its own purposes that the interpreter can appreciate the building blocks of Judaism: its politics, economics, and philosophy. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1163/9789004496699
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    The Mishnah : social perspectives (1999)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004294127
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 267 pages)
    Year of publication: 1999
    Series Statement: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten 46. Bd
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Neusner, Jacob, 1932- Mishnah
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Neusner, Jacob, 1932- Mishnah
    Keywords: Aristotle ; Aristotle ; Mishnah Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Mishnah Philosophy ; Mishnah ; Judaism Essence, genius, nature ; Economics Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Economics ; Religious aspects ; Judaism ; Judaism ; Essence, genius, nature ; Philosophy ; Politics in rabbinical literature ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Abstract: Preliminary material -- THE MISHNAH AND ARISTOTLE'S NATURAL HISTORY -- THE MISHNAH AND ARISTOTLE'S ECONOMICS -- THE MISHNAH AND ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS -- INDEX.
    Abstract: The Mishnah - the second-century law code that lays the foundation, after Scripture, of normative Judaism - encompasses all subjects that pertain to the life of the Jewish nation and as such provides a systematic basis for Israel's social order and world view. Any social program has its own politics, economics, and philosophy which together define a given social entity rather than any other. And any system defining the structure of a society strives to establish a set of harmonised and coherent fundamental principles, viewpoints and attitudes in treating the components of its theory of the community. It has been long shown that the Mishnah is such a well-composed theory of world-construction. It is demonstrated here how its specific message concerning the politics and economics that define the social order recapitulate those of Aristotle. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details
    Note: " ... reprise of established research ..."--Preface , Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1163/9789004294127
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