The making of a sage a study in rabbin ic ethics - Schofer, Jonathan Wyn.; American Council of Learned Societies (Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and indexes.
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Keywords: Talmud. -- Criticism, in terpretation, etc; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Ethics in rabbinical literature; Jewish ethics