{"product_id":"the-talmuds-theological-language-game-eugene-b-borowitz-9780791467022","title":"The Talmud's Theological Language-Game: A Philosophical Discourse Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalyzes the structure and logic of aggadic discourse in the Talmud.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pioneering effort, noted Jewish philosopher Eugene B. Borowitz opens up the rules by which the language-game of aggadic discourse is carried on in the Talmud, the foundational document of rabbinic and all later Judaism. These findings are compared with the aggadah (the realm in which almost all explicit statements about classic Jewish religious belief occur) of some other early rabbinic writings. Two issues drive Borowitz's inquiry: What, if anything, constrains the unprecedented freedom of this realm? and How might one positively characterize the aggadah? Borowitz introduces us to the rabbis not only in their amazing profundity, but also in their unguarded humanity. He concludes with a reflection on how this old Jewish language-game should influence contemporary Jewish thought, and, perhaps, other religious thought as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene B. Borowitz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791467023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791467022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.59w x 0.82d","brand":"Eugene B. Borowitz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443688059135,"sku":"9780791467022","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7110b0b4-23a3-4def-9bdc-3e44ab6a27e3.jpg?v=1777207146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-talmuds-theological-language-game-eugene-b-borowitz-9780791467022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}