Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity
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Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity

Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

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Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity

Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

About this book

Stories portraying heretics ('minim') in rabbinic literature are a central site of rabbinic engagement with the 'other'. These stories typically involve a conflict over the interpretation of a biblical verse in which the rabbinic figure emerges victorious in the face of a challenge presented by the heretic. In this book, Michal Bar-Asher Siegal focuses on heretic narratives of the Babylonian Talmud that share a common literary structure, strong polemical language and the formula, 'Fool, look to the end of the verse'. She marshals previously untapped Christian materials to arrive at new interpretations of familiar texts and illuminate the complex relationship between Jews and Christians in Late Antiquity. Bar-Asher Siegal argues that these Talmudic literary creations must be seen as part of a boundary-creating discourse that clearly distinguishes the rabbinic position from that of contemporaneous Christians and adds to a growing understanding of the rabbinic authors' familiarity with Christian traditions.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 Minim Stories in the Talmud: Introductory Discussion
  8. 2 “A Fool You Call Me?”: On Insult and Folly in Late Antiquity
  9. 3 “He Who Forms the Mountains and Creates the Wind”: Amos 4:13 and the Jewish-Christian Argument in B. Ḥullin 87A
  10. 4 “Rejoice, O Barren One Who Bore No Child”: Isaiah 54:1 and the Jewish-Christian Argument in B. Berakhot 10A
  11. 5 “The Best of Them is Like a Brier”: Micah 7:4 and the Jewish-Christian Argument in B. ‘Eruvin 101A
  12. 6 “He has Drawn off from Them”: Hosea 5:6 and the Jewish-Christian Argument in B. Yevamot 102B
  13. 7 Reflections
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index of Primary Sources
  16. Subject Index