Rational Rabbis Science and Talmudic Culture

Name: Rational Rabbis Science and Talmudic Culture
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ISBN: 9780253333162

ISBN-10: 0253333164

ISBN-13: 9780253333162

Edition: 1997

Authors: Menachem Fisch

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Talmudic culture is often viewed as bound by its traditions. Menachem Fisch maintains that a close reading of talmudic texts frequently reveals their authors as rabbis who, rather than conform uncritically to tradition, knowingly set out to expose and resolve problems inherent in the received traditions. Menachem Fisch is Senior Lecturer in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, and Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, Jerusalem. He is author of William Whewell, Philosopher of Science and co-editor (with Simon Schaffer) of William Whewell : A Composite Portrait.

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Menachem Fisch is Senior Lecturer in the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, and Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, Jerusalem. He is author of William Whewell, Philosopher of Science and co-editor (with Simon Schaffer) of William Whewell : A Composite Portrait.



Preface


Introduction



Science as an Exemplar of Rational Inquiry



The Jewish Covenant of Learning



The Great Tannaitic Dispute: The Jabne Legends and Their Context



The Changing of the Guard: Amoraic Texts and Tannaitic Legacies



Understanding the Bavli


Notes


General Index


Index of Talmudic References