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Halakhah and Aggadah within Rabbinic Study Culture
A Response to Christine Hayes, ed., The Literature of the Sages: A Revisioning
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 78, Issue 3, Aug 2024, p. 195 - 205
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- 01 Aug 2024
Abstract
Abstract
The section on halakhah and aggadah in the recent volume of The Literature of the Sages addresses the complex relations between legal and non-legal materials, and the ways their juxtaposition creates a richer, multilayered view of normativity. At the same time, we learn that the merging of legal and non-legal materials is a result of intentional redactional activity, while the underlying sources reflect the separation between different study frameworks. Following this textual insight this paper suggests to re-examine the uniformity of rabbinic study culture, and the varying roles of halakhah and aggadah in the construction of rabbinic instruction and transmission.
© Yair Furstenberg