Plato in Rabbi Shimeon bar Yohai's Cave (B. Shabbat 33b34a): the talmudic inversion of Plato's politics of philosophy

Thus we are told in one of the most famous narratives in talmudic literature, in its most elaborate and complex version in the Babylonian Talmud. The late ancient and early medieval rabbinic popularity of Rabbi Shimeon bar Yohai's (henceforth Rashbi) sojourn in the cave is demonstrated by the w...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Fonrobert, Charlotte Elisheva 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2007]
In: AJS review
Year: 2007, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 277-296
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Plato 427 BC-347 BC / Shimʿon ben Yoḥai ca. 2. Jh. / Cave / Talmûd bavlî / Philosophy / Politics
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Babylonian Talmud
B Narratives
B Platonism
B Caves
B Civics
B Rabbis
B Allegory
B Philosophy
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