Format:
1 online resource (ix, 228 pages)
ISBN:
9781108164023
,
9781107195363
,
9781316646816
Content:
Stories portraying heretics ('minim') in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the 'other'. These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges victorious in the face of a challenge presented by the heretic. In this book, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal focuses on heretic narratives of the Babylonian Talmud that share a common literary structure, strong polemical language and the formula, 'Fool, look to the end of the verse'. She marshals previously untapped Christian materials to arrive at new interpretations of familiar texts and illuminate the complex relationship between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity. Bar-Asher Siegal argues that these Talmudic literary creations must be seen as part of a boundary-creating discourse that clearly distinguishes the rabbinic position from that of contemporaneous Christians and adds to a growing understanding of the rabbinic authors' familiarity with Christian traditions.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2019)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107195363
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bar Asher Sigal, Mikhal, 1979 - Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ISBN 9781107195363
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316646816
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1316646815
Language:
English
Keywords:
Christentum
;
Judentum
;
Talmud
;
Polemik
;
Geschichte 30-600
DOI:
10.1017/9781108164023
Author information:
Bar Asher Sigal, Mikhal 1979-
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