Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals: The Talmud after the Humanities

Cover -- Contents -- A Note on Sources, Usage, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Sense of a Beginning -- 2. Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals -- 3. Leaky Vessels -- 4. Ethics and Objects -- 5. The Last Laugh -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L --...

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Main Author: Wasserman, Mira Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc 2017
In:Year: 2017
Reviews:[Rezension von: Wasserman, Mira Beth, Jews, Gentiles, and other animals: The Talmud after the Humanities] (2018) (Smith, Joshua Paul)
[Rezension von: Wasserman, Mira Beth, Jews, Gentiles, and other animals: The Talmud after the Humanities] (2020) (Stern, Sacha, 1962 -)
[Rezension von: Wasserman, Mira Beth, Jews, Gentiles, and other animals: The Talmud after the Humanities] (2018) (Rozen-Tsevi, Yishai, 1971 -)
Series/Journal:Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mishnah. Avodah Zarah / Humanity / Theological anthropology / Jewish philosophy
Further subjects:B Judaism Relations
B Electronic books
B Gentiles in rabbinical literature
B Theological Anthropology Judaism
B Talmud. Avodah zarah Criticism, Textual
B Talmud
B Talmud. Avodah zarah Criticism, interpretation, etc
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Contents -- A Note on Sources, Usage, and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Sense of a Beginning -- 2. Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals -- 3. Leaky Vessels -- 4. Ethics and Objects -- 5. The Last Laugh -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
In Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals, Mira Beth Wasserman undertakes a close reading of Avoda Zara, arguably the Babylonian Talmud's most scandalous tractate. According to Wasserman, Avoda Zara is where this Talmud joins the humanities in questioning what it means to be a human.
ISBN:0812294084