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Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric - Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash (Hardcover)
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Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric - Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash (Hardcover)
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Training in rhetoric - the art of persuasion - formed the basis of
education in the Roman Empire. The classical intellectual world
centered around the debate between philosophers, who boasted
knowledge of objective reality, and sophists, who could debate both
sides of any issue and who attracted large audiences and paying
students. The roles of the Talmudic rabbis as public orators,
teachers, and jurists, parallel that of Roman orators. Rabbinic
literature adopted and adapted various aspects of the classical
rhetorical tradition, as is demonstrated in the Talmudic penchant
for arguing both sides of hypothetical cases, the midrashic
hermeneutical methods, and the structure of synagogue sermons. At
the same time, the rabbis also resisted the extreme epistemological
relativism of rhetoric as is evident in their restraint on
theoretical argumentation, their depiction of rabbinic and divine
court procedure, and their commitment to the biblical prophetic
tradition. Richard Hidary demonstrates how rabbis succeeded in
navigating a novel path between platonic truth and rhetorical
relativism.
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