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Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

by Israel) Michal Bar-asher Siegal (ben-gurion University Of The Negev

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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Stories portraying heretics ("minim") in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the "other." These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges victorious in the face of a challenge presented by the heretic. In this book, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal focuses on heretic narratives of the Babylonian Talmud that share a common literary structure, strong polemical language and the formula, "Fool, look to the end of the verse." She marshals previously untapped Christian materials to arrive at new interpretations of familiar texts and illuminate the complex relationship between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity. Bar-Asher Siegal argues that these Talmudic literary creations must be seen as part of a boundary-creating discourse that clearly distinguishes the rabbinic position from that of contemporaneous Christians and adds to a growing understanding of the rabbinic authors' familiarity with Christian traditions.
Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud and Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud
Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian TalmudJewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    May 2019

  • Weight

    454g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107195363

  • ISBN-10

    1107195365

  • Eden Code

    4934293

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