Time in the Babylonian Talmud: Natural and Imagined Times in Jewish Law and Narrative

ISBN-13: 9781108423236 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 202 str.

Lynne Kaye

Opis

Time in the Babylonian Talmud explores how rabbinic jurists' language, reasoning, and storytelling reveal their assumptions about what we call time.

Recenzje

'In this fascinating monograph, Kaye shows how many of the Bavli texts can contribute to contemporary theoretical examinations of time, and suggests future directions of research, particularly the application of similar methods of analysis to case law and narrative texts in the Mishna … This is a captivating book on a number of topics that are essential to the crux of Jewish life and philosophy. At 160 pages, it is a good launching point, and Kaye provides plenty of references for additional reading.' Ben Rothke, The Times of Israel

Spis treści

1. Spatial, temporal and kinesthetic concepts of simultaneity; 2. Divine temporal precision and human inaccuracy; 3. Being fixed in time; 4. Retroactivity reimagined; 5. Matzah and madeleines.