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Rabbinic authority /

This book examines the nature and sources of the unique authority accorded in Judaism to the Sages of the first five centuries AD. These teachers-often referred to reverentially as Chazal, a Hebrew acronym for "our Sages of blessed memory"--Occupy a central and unrivalled position in tradi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Michael S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The domains of divine revelation and rabbinic activity and their relationship
  • Institutional authority of the Talmudic sages
  • "The judge in charge at the time": rabbinic authority as divine command
  • The sages as the Sanhedrin
  • Ordination: standing in the sandals of Moses
  • Personal qualities of the Talmudic sages
  • The rabbis as experts
  • The divinely guided sages
  • Rabbinic authority as authority transformed
  • The authority of publicly accepted practice
  • The authority of texts
  • Rethinking authority: interpretive communities and forms of life.