He took the knife: biblical narrative and the formation of rabbinic law

The legal theorist and classicist James Boyd White argues for an understanding of law as a rhetorical activity through which meaning and communities are created. While law contains rules, its definition should not be limited to those rules. Rather, law is a literary and compositional activity, one o...

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Subtitles:Research Article
Main Author: Kanarek, Jane L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2010]
In: AJS review
Year: 2010, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 65-90
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Story / Rabbinic literature / Jewish law / Relationship
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Sacrifices
B Narratives
B Passover
B Redaction
B Rabbis
B Talmud
B Jewish rituals
B Jewish Law
B Normativity
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