Theology of the Oral Torah: Revealing the Justice of GodIn The Theology of the Oral Torah Neusner crafts the central conceptions of rabbinic Judaism into a rigorous, coherent argument by setting forth four cogent principles: that God formed creation in accord with a plan which the Torah reveals; that the perfection of creation is signified by the conformity of human affairs to a few enduring paradigms that transcend change; that Israel's condition, public and personal, is indicative of flaws in creation; and that God will ultimately restore the perfection embodied in his plan for creation. A masterful and original construction of theology of rabbinic Judaism, Neusner's story of the Oral Torah is also remarkably familiar - the emphasis is still on man's sin and God's response, God's justice and mercy, and the human mirroring of God through the possession of the power of will. The Theology of the Oral Torah is part of Neusner's ongoing major project - the construction of theology of rabbinic Judaism - a project which rivals in its scope that of the great Maimonides or, in Christian theology, that of Thomas Aquinas's Summa. |
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... fact , the sages were , and are , right in registering that claim . To the extent that I expose that integrating logic that holds together each principal component in a single structure and accounts for the working of the system as a ...
... fact , the sages were , and are , right in registering that claim . To the extent that I expose that integrating logic that holds together each principal component in a single structure and accounts for the working of the system as a ...
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... facts of the world , it was into the facts of Scripture that sages pursued their comparable analysis . For all that I have asked as a supererogatory act of imagination - a world of pure reason , everything in place and in rank , all ...
... facts of the world , it was into the facts of Scripture that sages pursued their comparable analysis . For all that I have asked as a supererogatory act of imagination - a world of pure reason , everything in place and in rank , all ...
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... facts of nature , so the sages brought system and order to the facts of Scripture , drawing conclusions , setting forth hypotheses , amassing data to them . Analytical principles comparable to those of natural history , specifically ...
... facts of nature , so the sages brought system and order to the facts of Scripture , drawing conclusions , setting forth hypotheses , amassing data to them . Analytical principles comparable to those of natural history , specifically ...
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... facts most of them explicit in Scripture , some of them derived by processes of reasoning from Scripture's facts - is organized and laid out in the established pattern of ascension to ever higher levels ; but the facts are available ...
... facts most of them explicit in Scripture , some of them derived by processes of reasoning from Scripture's facts - is organized and laid out in the established pattern of ascension to ever higher levels ; but the facts are available ...
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... facts are organized and sorted out in such a way as to present a generalization . Generalizations are to be formulated through that same process of collecting kindred facts and identifying the im- plication that all of them bear in ...
... facts are organized and sorted out in such a way as to present a generalization . Generalizations are to be formulated through that same process of collecting kindred facts and identifying the im- plication that all of them bear in ...
Contents
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SOURCES OF WORLD ORDER | 49 |
PERFECTING WORLD ORDER | 239 |
SOURCES OF WORLD DISORDER | 409 |
RESTORING WORLD ORDER | 509 |
EPILOGUE | 639 |
15 Before and After | 641 |
Index of Subjects | 671 |
Index of References to Ancient Texts | 675 |
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Abraham Aqiba arrogance Babylonia BAVLI-TRACTATE blessed bring chapter comes commandments context creation Day of Atonement dead death deeds defined Deut earth Edom Egypt Eleazar encompasses eternal evil exile explain fact father following verse GENESIS RABBAH gentiles God's governs Halakhah hand Heaven Holy human idolatry idols intentionality Isaac Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Judah Judaism judgment justice king kingdom Land of Israel LEVITICUS RABBAH live logic Lord man's matter meaning mercy Messiah Mishnah MISHNAH-TRACTATE Moses nations Oral Torah paradigm paradigmatic person political prayer present principle prophets proposition punishment Rabbi redemption refers relationship repentance response restoration resurrection righteous rules sages SANHEDRIN Scripture says sequence SHABBAT Sinai sins statement story suffering systematic Talmud Tannaite Tannaite authority Temple theology things tion Torah-study Tosefta TRACTATE traits transgression unclean verse of Scripture wicked word world order Written Torah Yohanan zekhut