Ancient Judaism and modern category-formation : "Judaism," "Midrash," "Messianism," and canon in the past quarter-century
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Ancient Judaism and modern category-formation : "Judaism," "Midrash," "Messianism," and canon in the past quarter-century
（Studies in Judaism）
University Press of America, c1986
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Argues that the sole useful categories for the analysis of the Torah derive from the Torah, the canon of the religion under study in this book. The author investigates the categories that commonly serve for the description, analysis and interpretation of ancient Judaism and the principles that form those categories. He asserts that none of those categories constitute social constructs, thus violating the inner composition of the data they are employed to classify. The book concludes with a proposed principle of category formation: Judaism's canon. Co-published with Studies in Judaism.
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