Title: Humanism in Talmud and Midrash /
Authors: Lachs, Samuel Tobias.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Humanism in rabbinical literature.; Rabbinical literature History and criticism.
Abstract: "This study presents material contained in classical rabbinic sources in the Talmud and Midrash that have one characteristic in common: they all reflect an anthropocentric rather than a theocentric view of the world. For the first time, these passages have been arranged in a topical fashion to illustrate how some of the rabbis of the talmudic era subscribed to a view of the world that starts with man rather than with God and is reflected in their observations about the human condition."--BOOK JACKET.^
Contents: 1. Man and Society -- 2. God -- 3. Torah -- 4. Divine Revelation and Human Authorship.