Rabbinic discourse as a system of knowledge
Subtitle: "the study of Torah is equal to them all"
By: by Hannah E. Hashkes
Series: Philosophy of religion. World religions -- volume 5
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789004290471; 9789004290488
Subjects: Jewish philosophy
Description: "Describing rabbinic reasoning as a rational response to experience. Hashkes combines insights from the analytic philosophy of Wittgenstein, Quine, and Davidson with the semiotics of Peirce to construe knowledge as systematic reasoning occurring within a community of inquiry. Her reading of the works of Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Marion allows her to create a philosophical bridge between a discourse of God and a discourse of reason. This synthesis of analytic philosophy and pragmatism, hermeneutics and theology provides Hashkes with a sophisticated tool to understand Rabbinic Judaism. It also makes this study both unique and path breaking in contemporary Jewish philosophy and Rabbinic thought"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index.