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Plato and the Talmud (Paperback)
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Plato and the Talmud (Paperback)
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This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and
Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the
Talmud. Howland argues that these texts are animated by comparable
conceptions of the proper roles of inquiry and reasoned debate in
religious life, and by a profound awareness of the limits of our
understanding of things divine. Insightful readings of Plato s
Apology, Euthyphro, and chapter three of tractate Ta anit explore
the relationship of prophets and philosophers, fathers and sons,
and gods and men (among other themes), bringing to light the
tension between rational inquiry and faith that is essential to the
speeches and deeds of both Socrates and the Talmudic sages. In
reflecting on the pedagogy of these texts, Howland shows in detail
how Talmudic aggadah and Platonic drama and narrative speak to
different sorts of readers in seeking mimetically to convey the
living ethos of rabbinic Judaism and Socratic philosophizing.
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