What is good, and what God demands : normative structures in tannaitic literature / / by Tzvi Novick.
The normative rhetoric of tannaitic literature (the earliest extant corpus of rabbinic Judaism) is predominantly deontological. Prior scholarship on rabbinic supererogation, and on points of contact with Greco-Roman virtue discourse, has identified non-deontological aspects of tannaitic normativity....
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| Superior document: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 144 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ;
v. 144. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / T. Novick
- Introduction / T. Novick
- Chapter One. Categorical Oppositions / T. Novick
- Chapter Two. Teleological Mitzvah / T. Novick
- Chapter Three. Scripture And World: Between The Schools Of R. Akiva And R. Ishmael / T. Novick
- Chapter Four. The Normative Realm As Mitzvah / T. Novick
- Chapter Five. "One Need Not Scruple": Law As Intrusion / T. Novick
- Chapter Six. Cautious Actors / T. Novick
- Chapter Seven. Eager Observance / T. Novick
- Chapter Eight. Exemplarity / T. Novick
- Conclusion / T. Novick
- Bibliography / T. Novick
- Index Of Names / T. Novick
- Index Of Sources / T. Novick.