The Talmud's theological language-game
Subtitle: a philosophical discourse analysis
By: Eugene B. Borowitz.
Series: SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Samuel ben Naḥman, 3rd/4th cent. -- Knowledge -- Aggada.; Aggada -- Philosophy.; Aggada -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Discourse analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is the aggadah problem?; title: The surface characteristics; title: The substantive concerns; title: The "logic"; title: Does extending the sample alter the findings?; title: Is aggadic discourse self-limiting?; title: Positively, what is aggadah?; title: Reconstruing the aggadah problem; title: Can we theologize as the rabbis did?