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Talah in Pre-Mishnaic Halakhah

Talah in Pre-Mishnaic Halakhah © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 Review of Rabbinic Judaism 11.1 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 I amplify at great length in The Making of the Mind of Judaism (Atlanta, 1987), and The Formation of the Jewish Intellect. Making Connections and Drawing Conclusions in the Traditional System of Judaism (Atlanta, 1988). IS JUDAISM A TRADITIONAL RELIGION? Jacob Neusner Bard College At stake is a long-term issue of culture, namely, the relationship, in the formation of Judaic culture, between philosophical system and historical tradition. In its canonical documents beyond Scripture, which are the Mishnah, Talmuds, and Midrash, normative Judaism claims to present enduring traditions, a fundament of truth revealed of old—the oral component of the Torah of Sinai. Judaism appeals to literary forms and cultural media that accentuate the traditional character of the privileged writings, e.g., commentary-form, the mas- ter-disciple relationship for education. So normative Judaism in its authoritative canon presents itself as a traditional religion. But that same Judaism in its formative age, in the normative writings of the fi rst six centuries C.E., also comes to realization in systematic, philo- sophical statements, which begin in fi rst principles and rise in steady and inexorable logic to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Rabbinic Judaism Brill

Talah in Pre-Mishnaic Halakhah

Lenzi, Giovanni
Review of Rabbinic Judaism , Volume 11 (1): 33 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 Review of Rabbinic Judaism 11.1 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 I amplify at great length in The Making of the Mind of Judaism (Atlanta, 1987), and The Formation of the Jewish Intellect. Making Connections and Drawing Conclusions in the Traditional System of Judaism (Atlanta, 1988). IS JUDAISM A TRADITIONAL RELIGION? Jacob Neusner Bard College At stake is a long-term issue of culture, namely, the relationship, in the formation of Judaic culture, between philosophical system and historical tradition. In its canonical documents beyond Scripture, which are the Mishnah, Talmuds, and Midrash, normative Judaism claims to present enduring traditions, a fundament of truth revealed of old—the oral component of the Torah of Sinai. Judaism appeals to literary forms and cultural media that accentuate the traditional character of the privileged writings, e.g., commentary-form, the mas- ter-disciple relationship for education. So normative Judaism in its authoritative canon presents itself as a traditional religion. But that same Judaism in its formative age, in the normative writings of the fi rst six centuries C.E., also comes to realization in systematic, philo- sophical statements, which begin in fi rst principles and rise in steady and inexorable logic to

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