Art, Argument, and Ambiguity in the Talmud: Conflicting Conceptions of the Evil Impulse in b.Sukkah 51b-52a

This article explores the literary significance of a logically awkward moment at the center of a sugya of dense argumentation (b.Sukkah 51b—52a). Literary analysis and comparison with earlier parallel sources (primarily from the Palestinian Talmud) reveal that the Babylonian Talmud constructs the lo...

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Main Author: Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: HUC 2003
In: Hebrew Union College annual
Year: 2002, Volume: 73, Pages: 97-132
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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