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Socrates and the Fat Rabbis
Daniel Boyarin
Socrates and the Fat Rabbis
Daniel Boyarin
What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity.
408 pages, 1 halftone
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 15, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780226069173 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 408 |
Dimensions | 154 × 230 × 23 mm · 550 g |
Language | English |
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