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The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis
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by Eugene B. Borowitz


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In this pioneering effort, noted Jewish philosopher Eugene B. Borowitz opens up the rules by which the language-game of aggadic discourse is carried on in the Talmud, the foundational document of rabbinic and all later Judaism. These findings are compared with the aggadah (the realm in which almost all explicit statements about classic Jewish religious belief occur) of some other early rabbinic writings. Two issues drive Borowitz's inquiry: What, if anything, constrains the unprecedented freedom of this realm? and How might one positively characterize the aggadah? Borowitz introduces us to the rabbis not only in their amazing profundity, but also in their unguarded humanity. He concludes with a reflection on how this old Jewish language-game should influence contemporary Jewish thought, and, perhaps, other religious thought as well.

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  • Title The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis
  • Author Eugene B. Borowitz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 328
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press
  • Date June 2007
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780791467022 / 0791467023
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.97 x 6.59 x 0.82 in (22.78 x 16.74 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Dewey Decimal Code 296.127

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Eugene B. Borowitz is Distinguished University Professor and the Sigmund L. Falk Distinguished Professor of Education and Jewish Religious Thought at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is the author of many books, including Studies in the Meaning of Judaism and The Mask Jews Wear: The Self-Deceptions of American Jewry, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in the realm of Jewish thought.
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