Judaic logic
Subtitle: A formal analysis of Biblical, Talmudic and Rabbinic logic
By: Avi Sion.
Publisher: Editions Slatkine
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Talmud -- Hermeneutics.; Talmud -- Methodology.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Language, style.; Jewish law -- Methodology.; Faith and reason -- Judaism.; Commandments (Judaism); Logic.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-262)
Table of contents: title: 1. INTRODUCTION.	9; title: 1.	The Development of Jewish Law.	9; title: 2.	A Logic Primer.	13; title: a.	Some propositional forms and their interrelations.	14; title: b.	Inductive logic.	18; title: c.	Deductive logic.	20; title: 2. ADDUCTIVE LOGIC IN THE  TORAH.	27; title: 1.	The Art of Knowing.	27; title: 2.	Adduction in Western Philosophy.	29; title: 3.	Adducing Prophecies and Prophethood.	31; title: 4.	Logic and Mysticism.	35; title: 3. THE FORMALITIES OF  A-FORTIORI  LOGIC.	41; title: 1.	The Valid Moods.	41; title: a.	Subjectal moods.	42; title: b.	Predicatal moods.	42; title: c.	Antecedental moods.	44; title: d.	Consequental moods.	44; title: 2.	Validation Procedures.	46; title: 3.	Additional Details.	52; title: 4. QAL VACHOMER.	61; title: 1.	Background.	61; title: 2.	Samples in the Torah.	64; title: 3.	The Dayo Principle.	70; title: 4.	Objections!	72; title: 5.	Rabbinic Formulations.	76; title: 5. REVISED LIST OF BIBLICAL  A-FORTIORI.	79; title: 1.	Problems Encountered.	79; title: 2.	The Solution Found.	80; title: 3.	The Data and their Analysis.	82; title: 4.	Synthesis of Results.	86; title: 5.	Talmudic/Rabbinic A-Fortiori.	88; title: 6. THE LANGUAGE OF BIBLICAL  A-FORTIORI.	91; title: 1.	Torah Books.	91; title: 2.	Historical Books.	93; title: 3.	Other Books.	97; title: 4.	Rejects.	102; title: 7. WITHOUT PREJUDICE.	105; title: 1.	Taking a Dilemma by its Horns.	105; title: a.	For the religious.	106; title: b.	For the secular.	107; title: 2.	About Revision.	109; title: 3.	Changes in the Law.	114; title: 8. INITIAL IMPRESSIONS.	117; title: 1.	Methods and Contents.	117; title: 2.	Davqa  or  Lav-davqa?	122; title: 3.	Kushya  and  Terutz.	127; title: 4.	Standards of Knowledge.	130; title: 9. TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS.	133; title: 1.	Hermeneutics.	133; title: a.	Inferences of information.	136; title: b.	Elucidation of terms.	137; title: c.	Harmonization.	139; title: 2.	Heuristics.	142; title: 3.	A Methodical Approach.	147; title: 10. THE THIRTEEN  MIDOT  (I).	153; title: 1.	Exposition and Evaluation.	153; title: 2.	Inference of Information.	155; title: 3.	Scope of Terms.	165; title: 11. THE THIRTEEN  MIDOT  (II).	171; title: 4.	Harmonization.	171; title: 12. THE SINAI CONNECTION.	195; title: 1.	Verdict on Rabbinic Hermeneutics.	195; title: 2.	Artificial Blocks to Natural Development of the Law.	201; title: 3.	How "Tradition" Keeps Growing.	209; title: 13. ON THE CONCEPT OF  MITZVAH.	213; title: 1.	Basic Properties.	213; title: 2.	Complementary Factors.	217; title: 3.	How to Count Mitzvot.	222; title: 4.	Commanded  vs. Personal Morality.	228; title: 14. LOGICAL ASPECTS OF  EMUNAH.	233; title: 1.	On Natural Proofs of Religion.	233; title: 2.	Theodicy and the Believer's Wager.	236; title: 3.	Faith and Justice.	239; title: 4.	Legislated Belief.	241; title: 15. EPILOGUE.	245; title: 1.	Motives of the Present Research.	245; title: 2.	Conclusions of Our Study.	247; title: 16. APPENDICES.	259; title: 1.	Further Notes on A-Fortiori Argument.	259; title: 2.	Notions of Time.	262; title: 3.	Gematria.	269; title: 4.	Three Texts Reviewed.	272; title: a.	Feigenbaum's Understanding the Talmud.	272; title: b.	Rabinowich's Talmudic Terminology.	274; title: c.	The Ramchal's Ways of Reason.	279; title: 5.	The Hebrew Language.	281; title: 6.	Further Notes on Harmonization Rules.	287; title: REFERENCES	317