Vitality of rabbinic imagination, the: the mishnah against the bible and qumran
Auteur :
Neusner, Jacob
Éditeur :
University Press of America
ISBN :
9780761831181
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2005
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
372 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Assessed against comparable documents of Scripture and the Qumran library, the Mishnah shows itself as a triumph of imagination. It exhibits remarkable capacity to think in new and astonishing ways about familiar things. This study compares the Mishnah to four biblical codes and two codes found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.