“For I Say”: A Keeper at the Rabbinic Gates of Doubt
Abstract The rabbinic idiom “for I say” ( שאני אומר ) has been construed philologically as a specific type of presumption, buttressed with first-person rhetoric. From the perspective of legal analysis, I contend that “for I say” and presumption are diametrically opposed decision-rules, employed cons...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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The review of rabbinic Judaism
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-72 |
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Jewish law and jurisprudence
B factual uncertainty B legal fictions B Narrative B talmudic law |
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