Plato and the Talmud
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Author
Publication
2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
73,500 words, Guess
Page Count
294 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveplatotalmud00howl
- ISBN-100521193133
- ISBN-139780521193139
- Library of Congress Control Number2010030597
- OCLC Control Number656847662
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780521193139
- Open LibraryOL24411597M
Classifications
- DDC184
- LCCB395 .H8525 2011
Description
"This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud. Howland argues that these texts are animated by comparable conceptions of the proper roles of inquiry and reasoned debate in religious life, and by a profound awareness of the limits of our understanding of things divine. Insightful readings of Plato's Apology, Euthyphro, and chapter three of tractate Taʻanit explore the relationship of prophets and philosophers, fathers and sons, and gods and men (among other themes), bringing to light the tension between rational inquiry and faith that is essential to the speeches and deeds of both Socrates and the Talmudic sages. In reflecting on the pedagogy of these texts, Howland shows in detail how Talmudic aggadah and Platonic drama and narrative speak to different sorts of readers in seeking mimetically to convey the living ethos of rabbinic Judaism and Socratic philosophizing"--
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