عنوان

Reason and Justification in the Mishnah:

شماره

LA116088

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Reason and Justification in the Mishnah:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Exploring the Significance of the 'Half-Damage' Rule

نام نخستين پديدآور

Noam Zohar

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill | Nijhoff

متن يادداشت

Are the norms of Jewish religious law grounded in reason and values? In classical rabbinic discourse, justifications for laws - whether by direct reasoning (sevara), or more commonly, by scriptural derivation (Midrash) - are prevalent in most extant collections, where they serve to express underlying values. Justifications are rare, however, in the core document of the tradition, the Mishnah. But the absence of overt justification should not be taken to signify a lack of an underlying value-laden worldview. Careful analysis of an unusual mishnaic clause reveals a message about the reasonableness and significance of the rabbinic "half-damage" rule, sharply divergent from the plain meaning of the biblical text, which is perceived as inherently unfair. This serves as an instructive example of how exploring the Mishnah as a work of literary art can reveal the reason and values of halakhic norms. Are the norms of Jewish religious law grounded in reason and values? In classical rabbinic discourse, justifications for laws - whether by direct reasoning (sevara), or more commonly, by scriptural derivation (Midrash) - are prevalent in most extant collections, where they serve to express underlying values. Justifications are rare, however, in the core document of the tradition, the Mishnah. But the absence of overt justification should not be taken to signify a lack of an underlying value-laden worldview. Careful analysis of an unusual mishnaic clause reveals a message about the reasonableness and significance of the rabbinic "half-damage" rule, sharply divergent from the plain meaning of the biblical text, which is perceived as inherently unfair. This serves as an instructive example of how exploring the Mishnah as a work of literary art can reveal the reason and values of halakhic norms.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

250-262

عنوان

Journal of Law, Religion and State

شماره جلد

2/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2212-4810

اصطلاح موضوعی

goring ox

اصطلاح موضوعی

halakhah

اصطلاح موضوعی

hermeneutics

اصطلاح موضوعی

Judaism

اصطلاح موضوعی

midrash

اصطلاح موضوعی

mishnah

اصطلاح موضوعی

public reason

اصطلاح موضوعی

revelation and reason

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Noam Zohar

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/22124810-00203003

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y