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 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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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Other title: | Preliminary Material / Introduction / Chapter One. Categorical Oppositions / Chapter Two. Teleological Mitzvah / Chapter Three. Scripture And World: Between The Schools Of R. Akiva And R. Ishmael / Chapter Four. The Normative Realm As Mitzvah / Chapter Five. "One Need Not Scruple": Law As Intrusion / Chapter Six. Cautious Actors / Chapter Seven. Eager Observance / Chapter Eight. Exemplarity / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index Of Names / Index Of Sources / |
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Summary: | 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. However, these two frameworks overlook precisely the productive intersection of deontological with non-deontological, the first because supererogation defines itself against obligation, and the second because the Greco-Roman comparate discourages serious treatment of law-like elements. This book addresses ways in which alternative normative forms entwine with the core deontological rhetoric of tannaitic literature. This perspective exposes, inter alia, echoes of the post-biblical wisdom tradition in tannaitic law, the rich polyvalence of the category mitzvah, and telling differences between the schools of Akiva and Ishmael. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and an indexes. |
ISBN: | 1282948873 9786612948879 9004188290 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Tzvi Novick. |