Rabbinic literature and Greco-Roman philosophy : : a study of epicurea and rhetorica in early Midrashic writings / / Henry A. Fischel.
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| Superior document: | Studia Post Biblica ; 21 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [1973] ©1973 |
| Year of Publication: | 1973 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studia Post Biblica ;
21. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 201 p.) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: The "Four in 'Paradise'" (Hagigah, et al.): Anti-Epicurean stereotype, biography, and parody in the portrayals of Tannaim
- Epicureanism in the Ancient Near East
- Part II: An Epicurean Sententia on providence and divine justice in the Midrash
- Part III: Epicurea and Rhetorica in the Midrash of Ben Zoma
- An heurematological oration
- An oration on table manners and gratitude
- Stoic Paradoxa
- An anti-Epicurean sorites
- A Chria on absentmindedness
- Part IV: Appendix. Epicurea and Rhetorica of Ben Azzai?
- The meaning of sacrifice
- Laughter at death
- The sage's death
- Two Bona and two Mala
- Celibacy
- Education of women
- Endorsement of controversial books
- Man in God's image and Imitatio Dei
- Avoidance of sin
- The sage's asceticism
- Memento mori
- Inclination and fate
- Man and the cosmos
- Epilogue.