Download e-book for kindle: Philosophy of the Talmud (Routledge Jewish Studies Series) by Hyam Maccoby

it is a new presentation of the philosophy of the Talmud. The Talmud isn't really a piece of formal philosophy, yet a lot of what it says is suitable to philosophical enquiry, together with concerns explored in modern debates. particularly, the Talmud has unique rules in regards to the relation among common ethics and the ethics of a specific group. This leads right into a dialogue at the relation among morality and formality, and likewise concerning the epistemological position of culture.
The e-book explains the paradoxes of Talmudic Judaism as coming up from a philosophy of revolution, stemming from Jewish origins as a band of escaped slaves, made up our minds to not reproduce the slave-society of Egypt. From this arises a bold humanism, and an emphasis on justice during this international instead of on other-worldly spirituality. a powerful emphasis on schooling and the cultivation of rationality additionally stems from this. Governing the dialogue is a idea of common sense that differs considerably from Greek good judgment. Talmudic common sense is one in all analogy, no longer category and is in particular fitted to discussions of ethical and criminal human events.
This publication could be of curiosity to these within the fields of philosophy, faith and the historical past of rules, even if scholars, lecturers and teachers, or the common reader.