Schofer, Jonathan Wyn.

The making of a sage a study in rabbinic ethics / [electronic resource] : Jonathan Wyn Schofer. - Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004. - xiv, 310 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and indexes.

R. Nathan and its contexts -- The text instructs -- Concepts and tropes -- The text and its sages : conclusion -- Torah and transgressive tendencies -- The heart and its formation -- Rabbinic tradition : conclusion -- Divine reward and punishment -- Motivation and emotion -- Rabbinic theology : conclusion.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Talmud.--Minor tractates.--Avot de-Rabbi Nathan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Ethics in rabbinical literature.
Jewish ethics.


Electronic books.

BM506.4.A943 / S36 2004eb

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