{"product_id":"narrating-the-law-a-poetics-of-talmudic-legal-stories-9780812242997","title":"Narrating the Law  A Poetics of Talmudic Legal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories creates a new theoretical framework for considering the relationship between law and narrative, models a new method of studying Talmudic law, and fills out the picture of the cultural life of the rabbis who contributed to the Talmud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Applying insights from literary criticism and sociology to the Talmud is no mean feat, but Wimpfheimer accomplishes this with elegance. . . . This is one of the most significant contributions to Talmudic scholarship in recent years, and it has great relevance for anyone interested in the application of contemporary critical theory to ancient texts.\" * \u003ci\u003eJewish Book World\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Well trained in the critical study of rabbinic literature and informed by previous philological scholarship as well as by critical theory, Wimpfheimer provides a model that has the potential to narrow the gap that has divided the two major vectors of rabbinic thinking, Halakhah and Aggadah, law and folklore. His exacting analysis of the literary genre of legal narrative puts this dichotomization into sharp relief.\" * Elliot R. Wolfson, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Privileging Legal Narrative: Resisting Code as the Image of Jewish Law\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Deconstructing Halakhah and Aggadah\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. A Touch of the Rabbinic Real: Rabbis and Outsiders\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Social Dynamics of Pedagogy: Rabbis and Students\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Torah as Cultural Capital: Rabbis and Rabbis\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Lengthy Bavli Narratives: A New Theory of Reading\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577539367255,"sku":"9780812242997","price":52.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812242997.jpg?v=1746095741","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/narrating-the-law-a-poetics-of-talmudic-legal-stories-9780812242997","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}