The authority of the divine law: a study in Tannaitic midrash

"Many Jewish groups of late antiquity assumed that they were obligated to observe the Divine Law. This book attempts to study the various rationales offered by these groups to explain the authority that the Divine Law had over them. Second Temple groups tended to look towards philosophy or meta...

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1. Verfasser: Bronstein, Yosef 1985- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Brookline, MA Academic Studies Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Judaism and Jewish life
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Zusammenfassung:"Many Jewish groups of late antiquity assumed that they were obligated to observe the Divine Law. This book attempts to study the various rationales offered by these groups to explain the authority that the Divine Law had over them. Second Temple groups tended to look towards philosophy or metaphysics to justify the Divine Law's authority. The tannaim, though, formulated legal arguments that obligate Israel to observe the Divine Law. While this turn towards legalism is pan-tannaitic, two distinct legal arguments can be identified in tannaitic literature. These specific arguments about the Divine Law's authority, link to a set of issues regarding the tannaim's conception of Divine Law and of Israel's election"--
Beschreibung:233 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9798887194127

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