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The Talmud's theological language-game : a philosophical discourse analysis

Title
The Talmud's theological language-game : a philosophical discourse analysis / Eugene B. Borowitz.
Author
Borowitz, Eugene B.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

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x, 316 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
Subject
  • Samuel ben Naḥman, active 3rd century-4th century > Knowledge > Aggada
  • Aggada > Philosophy
  • Aggada > History and criticism > Theory, etc
  • Discourse analysis
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-291) and indexes.
Contents
What is the aggadah problem? -- The surface characteristics -- The substantive concerns -- The "logic" -- Does extending the sample alter the findings? -- Is aggadic discourse self-limiting? -- Positively, what is aggadah? -- Reconstruing the aggadah problem -- Can we theologize as the rabbis did? -- On concluding.
Call Number
*PDB 06-1792
ISBN
0791467015 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005012109
OCLC
60188267
Author
Borowitz, Eugene B.
Title
The Talmud's theological language-game : a philosophical discourse analysis / Eugene B. Borowitz.
Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
Series
SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-291) and indexes.
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*PDB 06-1792
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