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Borowitz, Eugene B.

The Talmud's theological language-game : a philosophical discourse analysis / Eugene B. Borowitz. - Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (x, 316 pages) - SUNY series in Jewish philosophy . - SUNY series in Jewish philosophy. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-291) and indexes.

What is the aggadah problem? -- The surface characteristics -- The substantive concerns -- The "logic" -- Does extending the sample alter the findings? -- Is aggadic discourse self-limiting? -- Positively, what is aggadah? -- Reconstruing the aggadah problem -- Can we theologize as the rabbis did? -- On concluding.


English.

ISBN: 1423772903 9781423772903 0791467015 9780791467015 9780791482018 0791482014

Source: 22573/cats18205974 JSTOR

Subjects--Personal Names:
Samuel ben Naḥman, active 3rd century-4th century --Knowledge and learning.
Samuel ben Naḥman, active 3rd century-4th century

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Pessach-Haggada

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aggada--Philosophy.
Aggada--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Discourse analysis.
RELIGION--Judaism--Talmud.
Aggada
Discourse analysis
Philosophie
Rabbinismus
Hermeneutik
Aggadah.
Verteltheorie.
Interpretatie.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BM516.5 / .B67 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.1/27606