Book Summary
Jonathan Schofer offers the first theoretically framed examination of rabbinic ethnic in several decades. Centering on one influential anthology, The Fathers according to Rabbi Nathan, Jonathan Schofer situates that text within a broader spectrum of rabbinic thought, while bringing rabbinic thought into dialogue with current scholarship on the self, ethics, theology, and the history of religions. Jonathan Schofer offers the first theoretically framed examination of rabbinic ethics in several decades. Centering on one large and influential anthology, "The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan," Jonathan Schofer situates that text within a broader spectrum of rabbinic thought, while at the same time bringing rabbinic thought into dialogue with current scholarship on the self, ethics, theology, and the history of religions. Notable Selection, Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Association for Jewish Studies
Book Details
| Book Name | The Making Of A Sage: A Study In Rabbinic Ethics |
| Author | Jonathan Wyn Schofer |
| Publisher | University Of Wisconsin Press (Mar 2005) |
| ISBN | 9780299204648 |
| Pages | 310 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1473 |
