The making of a sage [electronic resource] : a study in rabbinic ethics / Jonathan Wyn Schofer.
Publication details: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005.Description: xiv, 310 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780299204631 (electronic bk.)
- 0299204634 (electronic bk.)
- Talmud. Minor tractates. Avot de-Rabbi Nathan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism
- Ethics in rabbinical literature
- Jewish ethics
- Talmud. Traités mineurs. *Avô-t d*eRabî N*a-t*an -- Critique, interprétation, etc
- Littérature rabbinique -- Histoire et critique
- Morale dans la littérature rabbinique
- Morale juive
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- BM506.4.A943 S36 2005eb
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. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
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