The Making of a Sage : A Study in Rabbinic Ethics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (326 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction -- Part I: The Text and Its Sages -- Rabbi Nathan and Its Contexts -- The Text Instructs -- Concepts and Tropes -- The Text and Its Sages -- Part II: Rabbinic Tradition -- Torah and Transgressive Tendencies -- The Heart and Its Formation -- Rabbinic Tradition -- Part III: Rabbinic Theology -- Divine Reward and Punishment -- Motivation and Emotion -- Rabbinic Theology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources -- Index of Names, Ancient and Modern -- Index of Subjects.
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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.