The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse
The Philosophy of Religious Argument
Published on 19. October 2006
200 pages
978-1-134-73560-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse argues that the Judaic and Christian heirs of Scripture adopted, and adapted to their own purposes and tasks, Greek philosophical modes of thought and argument. The authors explore how the earliest intellectuals of Christianity and Judaism shaped a tradition of articulated conflict and reasoned argument in the search for religious truth that was to be shared through continuing that argument with others.
Neusner and Chilton examine, using the formative sources of Judaism and Christianity, the literary media of adaptation and reform: precisely where and how we identify in the foundation writings of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism the new opposing modes of articulated conflict and reasoned argument that through Christianity and Judaism, Greek philosophy and science bequeathed to the West.
Neusner and Chilton examine, using the formative sources of Judaism and Christianity, the literary media of adaptation and reform: precisely where and how we identify in the foundation writings of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism the new opposing modes of articulated conflict and reasoned argument that through Christianity and Judaism, Greek philosophy and science bequeathed to the West.
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'Readers will be impressed by the clear and profound levels of analysis provided by both authors.' u Religious StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
0,84 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-73560-0 (9781134735600)
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Bruce Chilton | Jacob Neusner
The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse
The Philosophy of Religious Argument
Book
09/1997
1st Edition
Routledge
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Bruce Chilton | Jacob Neusner
The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse
The Philosophy of Religious Argument
Book
09/1997
1st Edition
Routledge
€62.70
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Jacob Neusner is Distinguished Research Professor of Religious Studies at the University of South Florida and Professor of Religious Studies at Bard College New York. Bruce Chilton is Bernard Idding Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College, New York.
Content
PART ONE: Confronting Conflict, Articulating Disagreement in a Reasoned Setting, 1. Confronting Conflict in the Mishnah, 2. Confronting Conflict in the Letters of Paul, 3. Conducting Dialectical Argument in the Talmud, 4. Conducting Dialectical Argument in Origen, PART TWO: Seeking Truth, The Character of the Arguments, 5. Arguments from Natural History in the Mishnah and in Leviticus Rabbah, 6. Arguments From Nature Irenaeus, 7. Arguments From Social History: Paradigmatic Thinking in Ruth Rabbah, Pesiqta Derab Kahana, and Genesis Rabbah, 8. Arguments From Social History: Paradigmatic Thinking in Augustine, Index.
