University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-299-20463-1 | Cloth: 978-0-299-20460-0 | Paper: 978-0-299-20464-8 Library of Congress Classification BM506.4.A943S36 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 296.1237
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Jonathan Schofer offers the first theoretically framed examination of rabbinic ethics in several decades. Centering on one large and influential anthology, The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan, Jonathan Schofer situates that text within a broader spectrum of rabbinic thought, while at the same time bringing rabbinic thought into dialogue with current scholarship on the self, ethics, theology, and the history of religions.
Notable Selection, Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Association for Jewish Studies
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Wyn Schofer is associate professor of classical rabbinic literature in the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
REVIEWS
"Written with clarity and assertiveness, The Making of a Sage opens up a whole new area of study for Judaica, insofar as it adapts and integrates materials from discussions about ancient philosophies of self-transformation, as well as value ethics, and applies them to a major rabbinic source."—Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies, The University of Chicago
"Schofer is thoroughly familiar with conventional textual studies of Rabbi Nathan, brings to his textual readings a superb comparative religions training in the ethical traditions of other scholastic communities, and writes with elegance and verve."—Martin S. Jaffee, University of Washington
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface 000
Acknowledgements 000
Conventions 000
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Introduction 000
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Part 1. The Text and Its Sages
1. R. Nathan and Its Contexts 000
2. The Text Instructs 000
3. Concepts and Tropes 000
4. The Text and Its Sages: Conclusion 000
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Part 2. Rabbinic Tradition 000
5. Torah and Transgressive Tendencies 000
6. The Heart and Its Formation 000
7. Rabbinic Tradition: Conclusion 000
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Part 3. Rabbinic Theology 000
8. Divine Reward and Punishment 000
9. Motivation and Emotion 000
10. Rabbinic Theology: Conclusion 000
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Conclusion 000
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Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
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University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 eISBN: 978-0-299-20463-1 Cloth: 978-0-299-20460-0 Paper: 978-0-299-20464-8
Jonathan Schofer offers the first theoretically framed examination of rabbinic ethics in several decades. Centering on one large and influential anthology, The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan, Jonathan Schofer situates that text within a broader spectrum of rabbinic thought, while at the same time bringing rabbinic thought into dialogue with current scholarship on the self, ethics, theology, and the history of religions.
Notable Selection, Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Association for Jewish Studies
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Wyn Schofer is associate professor of classical rabbinic literature in the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
REVIEWS
"Written with clarity and assertiveness, The Making of a Sage opens up a whole new area of study for Judaica, insofar as it adapts and integrates materials from discussions about ancient philosophies of self-transformation, as well as value ethics, and applies them to a major rabbinic source."—Michael Fishbane, Nathan Cummings Professor of Jewish Studies, The University of Chicago
"Schofer is thoroughly familiar with conventional textual studies of Rabbi Nathan, brings to his textual readings a superb comparative religions training in the ethical traditions of other scholastic communities, and writes with elegance and verve."—Martin S. Jaffee, University of Washington
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface 000
Acknowledgements 000
Conventions 000
<LINE SPACE>
Introduction 000
<LINE SPACE>
Part 1. The Text and Its Sages
1. R. Nathan and Its Contexts 000
2. The Text Instructs 000
3. Concepts and Tropes 000
4. The Text and Its Sages: Conclusion 000
<LINE SPACE>
Part 2. Rabbinic Tradition 000
5. Torah and Transgressive Tendencies 000
6. The Heart and Its Formation 000
7. Rabbinic Tradition: Conclusion 000
<LINE SPACE>
Part 3. Rabbinic Theology 000
8. Divine Reward and Punishment 000
9. Motivation and Emotion 000
10. Rabbinic Theology: Conclusion 000
<LINE SPACE>
Conclusion 000
<LINE SPACE>
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Index 000
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