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...
Subtitles: | Research Article |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2007]
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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
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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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