The authority of the divine law : a study in Tannaitic midrash / Yosef Bronstein.

Author/creator Bronstein, Yosef, 1985- author.
Format Book
PublicationBrookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description233 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesJudaism and Jewish life
Judaism and Jewish life. ^A1010776
Contents The Authority of the Divine Law over the Chosen People -- Pre-Tannaitic Conceptions of the Divine Law's Authority -- You Are My Slaves: The Authority of the Divine Law in Akiva Midrash -- May I Be Your King?: The Authority of the Divine Law in Ishmaelian Midrash -- Contextualizing the Tannaim's Legal Arguments -- Setting the Boundaries: Tannaitic Attitudes Towards Non-Israelites and Conversion -- The Contingency or Eternality of Israel's Election -- Is an Israelite Sinner Still an Israelite? -- Into the Bavli.
Abstract "Many Jewish groups of late antiquity assumed that they were obligated to observe the Divine Law. This book attempts to study the various rationales offered by these groups to explain the authority that the Divine Law had over them. Second Temple groups tended to look towards philosophy or metaphysics to justify the Divine Law's authority. The tannaim, though, formulated legal arguments that obligate Israel to observe the Divine Law. While this turn towards legalism is pan-tannaitic, two distinct legal arguments can be identified in tannaitic literature. These specific arguments about the Divine Law's authority, link to a set of issues regarding the tannaim's conception of Divine Law and of Israel's election"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Bronstein, Yosef, 1985- Authority of the divine law Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2024 9798887194134
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN 2023051447
ISBN9798887194127
ISBNadobe electronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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