Schofer, Jonathan Wyn.

The making of a sage a study in rabbin ic ethics / [electronic resource] : Jonathan Wyn Schofer. - Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005. - xiv, 310 p. ; 23 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and indexes.

Rabbi Nathan and its contexts -- The text instructs -- Concepts and tropes -- The text and its sages : conclusion -- Torah and transgressiv e tendencies -- The heart and its formation -- Rabbinic tradition : con clusion -- Divine reward and punishment -- Motivation and emotion -- Ra bbinic theology : conclusion.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2010.
Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text.
([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
Mode of a ccess: Intranet.


Talmud.-- Minor tractates.-- Avot de-Rabbi Nathan-- Criticism, in terpretation, etc.


Rabbinical literature-- History and criticism.
Ethics in rabbinical literature.
Jewish ethics.