TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bronstein,Yosef
TI  - The Authority of the Divine Law: A Study in Tannaitic Midrash 
T2  - Judaism and Jewish Life
SN  - 9798887194127
AV  - BM514 .B77 2024
U1  - 296.1/4 23//eng/20231117eng
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Academic Studies Press
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - DLC
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Midrash
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Providence and government of God
KW  - Religion and law
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Antiquity
KW  - Divine Law
KW  - Election of Israel
KW  - Israel
KW  - Jewish philosophy
KW  - Legalism
KW  - Midrash Halakha
KW  - Rabbinics
KW  - Tannaitic Midrash
KW  - tannaim
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction: The Authority of the Divine Law over the Chosen People --; 2 Pre-Tannaitic Conceptions of the Divine Law’s Authority --; 3 “You Are My Slaves”: The Authority of the Divine Law in Akivan Midrash --; 4 “May I Be Your King?”: The Authority of the Divine Law in Ishmaelian Midrash --; 5 Contextualizing the Tannaim’s Legal Arguments --; 6 Setting the Boundaries: Tannaitic Attitudes Towards Non-Israelites and Conversion --; 7 The Contingency or Eternality of Israel’s Election --; 8 Is the Israelite Sinner Still an Israelite? --; 9 Into the Bavli --; Conclusion --; Appendix—Tannaitic Sources Regarding the Primordial Roots of Israel’s Election and of the Divine Law --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Many Jewish groups of late antiquity assumed that they were obligated to observe the Divine Law. This book attempts to study the various rationales offered by these groups to explain the authority that the Divine Law had over them. Second Temple groups tended to look towards philosophy or metaphysics to justify the Divine Law’s authority. The tannaim, though, formulated legal arguments that obligate Israel to observe the Divine Law. While this turn towards legalism is pan-tannaitic, two distinct legal arguments can be identified in tannaitic literature. These specific arguments about the Divine Law’s authority, link to a set of issues regarding the tannaim’s conception of Divine Law and of Israel’s election
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9798887194134
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9798887194134
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9798887194134/original
ER  -