A Lot of Learning is a Dangerous Thing: On the Structure of Rabbinic Expertise in the Bavli

The locus classicus for rabbinic authority in the Babylonian Talmud is the story of the oven of Akhnai (b.B.Meṣ. 59a—b). The current essay offers new insight into how this story operates, and, more importantly, into what issues it elides, by approaching it through a close reading of the story of Rav...

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Published in:Hebrew Union College annual
Main Author: Novick, Tzvi 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: HUC 2009
In: Hebrew Union College annual
Year: 2007, Volume: 78, Pages: 91-107
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic