UID:
edocfu_9959234262102883
Format:
1 online resource (241 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-774063-4
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1-280-47086-0
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0-19-535271-8
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0-585-33611-3
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This book examines the nature of the extraordinary authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries C.E. These teachers occupy an unrivalled position in traditional Judaism.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1998.
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Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Domains of Divine Revelation and Rabbinic Activity and Their Relationship; Part I: Institutional Authority of the Talmudic Sages; TWO: ""The Judge in Charge at the Time"": Rabbinic Authority as Divine Command; THREE: The Sages as the Sanhedrin; FOUR: Ordination: Standing in the Sandals of Moses; Part II: Personal Qualities of the Talmudic Sages; FIVE: The Rabbis as Experts; SIX: The Divinely Guided Sages; Part III: Rabbinic Authority as Authority Transformed; SEVEN: The Authority of Publicly Accepted Practice; EIGHT: The Authority of Texts; NINE: Rethinking Authority: Interpretive Communities and Forms of Life Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-512269-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195122695.001.0001
