Abstract
What is the nature of rabbinic stories about minim and their interactions with rabbinic figures?¹ What is the function of stories in which a min asks a question of a rabbi and is rebuffed? Are these literary depictions of actual historical polemics, or are they merely Jewish rabbinic fantasies meant to ridicule the “other”? Of course, this question has fundamental ramifications for both the historical research of Jewish–Christian interactions in late antiquity and the literary study of the composition of the talmudic corpora.
A crucial element of answering these questions is identifying who these minim are. Scholars have proposed...
A crucial element of answering these questions is identifying who these minim are. Scholars have proposed...
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | The Aggada of the Bavli and Its Cultural World |
Editors | Geoffrey Herman, Jeffrey L. Rubenstein |
Place of Publication | Providence, RI |
Publisher | Brown University |
Pages | 243-270 |
Number of pages | 28 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781946527080 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
Publication series
Name | Brown Judaic Studies |
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Publisher | Brown University |
Volume | 362 |
Keywords
- Bible. Amos IV, 13 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Christianity in rabbinical literature
- Gentiles in rabbinical literature
- Talmud Bavli. Hullin 87a -- Commentaries
- Talmud Bavli. Sanhedrin 39a -- Commentaries
RAMBI publications
- rambi
- Bible -- Amos -- IV, 13 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Christianity in rabbinical literature
- Gentiles in rabbinical literature
- Talmud Bavli -- Hullin -- 87a -- Commentaries
- Talmud Bavli -- Sanhedrin -- 39a -- Commentaries