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Law and self-knowledge in the Talmud / Ayelet Hoffmann Libson, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (ix, 217 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781108655972
  • 1108655971
  • 9781108573252
  • 1108573258
  • 1108610005
  • 9781108610001
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 296.1/274 23
LOC classification:
  • BM520.5 .L45 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The inward turn in rabbinic literature -- Knowledge of the body : the case of sensation -- Asserting the needs of the body -- Between body and mind : the suffering self -- Self-knowledge and a wife's autonomy -- Conclusion.
Summary: Highlights the emergence of self-knowledge in rabbinic literature, showing how Babylonian rabbis relied on knowledge accessible only to the individual to determine the law.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1737921

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral -New York University, 2014) issued under title: Radical subjectivity : law and self-knowledge in the Babylonian Tlmud.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The inward turn in rabbinic literature -- Knowledge of the body : the case of sensation -- Asserting the needs of the body -- Between body and mind : the suffering self -- Self-knowledge and a wife's autonomy -- Conclusion.

Highlights the emergence of self-knowledge in rabbinic literature, showing how Babylonian rabbis relied on knowledge accessible only to the individual to determine the law.

Description based on print version record.