The Bavli, or Talmud of Babylonia, the foundation-document of Judaism, its law, theology, and exegesis of Scripture, sets forth an orderly world, resting on reason and tested by rationality, all in accord with consistent principles. The document in its coherent intellectual program of inquiry and in its modes of formal cogency embodies that same passion for order, proportion, and rationality that, animates its concrete discussions. Here Neusner spells out the problem of the Bavli's intellectual cogency and formal coherence. He provides in exemplary detail the evidence that sustains that characterization of the writing.
- ISBN10 1417510536
- ISBN13 9781417510535
- Publish Date December 2002 (first published 26 July 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format eBook
- Pages 485
- Language English