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. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Talmud.--Minor tractates.--Avot de-Rabbi Nathan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism. Ethics in rabbinical literature. Jewish ethics.