The Authority of the Divine Law: A Study in Tannaitic Midrash - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Yosef BronsteinSeries:Judaism and Jewish LifePublish date:2024-03-12Pages:242
Language:EnglishPublisher:Academic Studies PressISBN-13:9798887194127UPC:9798887194127Book Category:Religion, Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Judaism, Jewish Studies, ReligiousBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCZB3R1C37
The Authority of the Divine Law: A Study in Tannaitic Midrash
This book explores the various rationales offered by Jewish groups in late antiquity for the authority of the Divine Law. While Second Temple groups tended to look towards philosophy or metaphysics to justify the Divine Law's authority, the tannaim formulated legal arguments. These arguments link to a set of issues regarding the tannaim's conception of Divine Law and of Israel's election.
Series: Judaism and Jewish Life
Language:EnglishPublisher:Academic Studies PressISBN-13:9798887194127UPC:9798887194127Book Category:Religion, Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Judaism, Jewish Studies, ReligiousBook Topic:Sacred WritingsSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCZB3R1C37
Yosef Bronstein received rabbinic ordination and a PhD in Talmudic Studies from Yeshiva University. He is the Rosh Bet Midrash of Machon Zimrat Ha'aretz, a community learning center and rabbinical training program in Efrat, Israel, and also teaches Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University's Isaac Breuer College. He is the coauthor of Reshimot Shiurim al Masekhet Kiddushin (Rabbi Joseph B....
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