The Making of a Sage

The Making of a Sage
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780299204631
ISBN-13 : 0299204634
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Book Synopsis The Making of a Sage by : Jonathan Wyn Schofer

Download or read book The Making of a Sage written by Jonathan Wyn Schofer and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2005-04-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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