Abstract
This article reads Bavli Ta'anit against the foil of "Plato's Pharmacy" by Jacques Derrida. This is not about finding genetic or generic similarities between the dialogues of Plato and the ...Talmud. Rather it is about following (in Derrida's way) the chain of metaphoric/metonymic significations and dual oppositions. The tractate is built on dual oppositions between gloom and gladness. In this world, the righteous are destined for the light, while the upright are destined for the gladness. Hence, the former are deprived of the gladness, while the latter have no light. In meta-history, teleology finds its way though the Hegelian sublation of oppositions. Gladness is the telos of the tractate and the telos of meta-history.
The Intellectual Foundations of Christian and Jewish Discourse argues that the Judaic and Christian heirs of Scripture adopted, and adapted to their own purposes and tasks, Greek philosophical modes ...of thought and argument. The authors explore how the earliest intellectuals of Christianity and Judaism shaped a tradition of articulated conflict and reasoned argument in the search for religious truth that was to be shared through continuing that argument with others.Neusner and Chilton examine, using the formative sources of Judaism and Christianity, the literary media of adaptation and reform: precisely where and how we identify in the foundation writings of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism the new opposing modes of articulated conflict and reasoned argument that through Christianity and Judaism, Greek philosophy and science bequeathed to the West.
This book discusses the economics of the Talmud in the light of modern economics. Its focus is on the intricate debates, statements and principles that were forged by the great minds of the Talmudic ...Rabbis. This ancient storehouse of learning includes a wealth of economic knowledge of modern sophistication. The book taps those "economic treasures" by way of analytic inquiry.
The introduction to Paul's allegory on the olive tree in Rom 11 consists of two pithy halakic statements (v. 16) on the sanctification of mixtures and branches. Both refer
to specific ancient Judean ...customs involving the dedication to God of agricultural real estate and farm products. In my opinion, neither has been properly identified. The first
relates to the case of an unsacred liquid or foodstuff mixed in with a sacred offering; the second, to a byproduct self-generating out of a living dedication such as a plant or a
tree. The two together fit Paul's larger message on the transference of sanctity to new members in communion with Israel. The statements can also enrich our understanding
of the evocative olive tree allegory that follows.
When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court conclude that some law, or some decision of a lower court, violates the U.S. Constitution, no great difficulties of principle or sentiment need accompany ...their decision to abrogate the opinions of the earlier legislators or judges. The justices, and others, are expected to understand their decision either as correcting a mistake that had been introduced by fallible people who, with intentions good or bad, or unintentionally, had violated the system's basic rulebook, or as reflecting the fact that since the time those legislators or judges made their decisions something relevant (such as notions of “cruel and unusual punishment” or of what affects interstate commerce) had changed, so what was once constitutionally acceptable no longer is. Thus, however upsetting the substance of the justices’ decision may be, it need not imply a condemnation of their predecessors nor entail a disruption of the system's authority structures—as is seen in the fact that the justices, and American citizens, readily use such explicit verbs as “reverse,” “strike down,” or “overturned” for what the justices do
Michel Schlesinger, born in Sao Paulo, has been involved in projects addressed to the Jewish community since he was very young. After graduating in Law from the University of Sao Paulo (USP), he ...chose to devote himself to rabbinate, pursuing his rabbinic studies and a master's degree at the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem. In 2005, he completed his training in Israel, receiving the rabbinical ordination and earning a master's degree in Talmud and Jewish Law. In his practice, one of the most frequent themes is peace, which, according to him, results from an education that sees the contact with the other as a privilege, an opportunity for learning. When we meet each other, we have two possibilities: one is to be afraid of the unknown, of what is different from me, and this fear often ends in violence. It is in this context of valuing otherness that the Jewish principle of tzedaka (social justice) intends to articulate faith with social practice.
Considerando o ponto de vista dos comportamentos sexistas do qual o feminismo ainda é alvo e as reações misóginas que tentam minimizar a luta pela sua emancipação política, ética e social, ...apresentados no discurso da perpetuação de sua representação, é de grande urgência entender o feminismo e sua contribuição para os fazeres artísticos das mulheres.Analisaremos como as linguagens das artes plásticas, pintura e fotografia são promovidas, transformam a imagem das mulheres, desde como se produzem e como se consomem, passando por distintos processos de alienação, transformação e significação. A maneira como iconografias contribuem e dialogam é sistematicamente alicerçada sobre aspectos problematizados da violência contra as mulheres.É nesse sentido que o artigo é uma contribuição historiográfica para o campo das artes visuais contemporâneas, por meio de estudos e registro de imagens femininas, nos levando à reflexão de como nos situamos, trazendo para o debate o impacto do poder hipnótico da dominação patriarcal que se impõe através de uma violência simbólica às mulheres através das imagens.Como conclusão, apresentarei como os processos de resistência constituídos por feministas são fundamentais para a construção de mudanças sociais eficazes para a alteração da conservação da violência e do panorama de desigualdade que vivenciamos nas sociedades contemporâneas, e o desejo de uma reapropriação a partir do controle de suas próprias imagens estereotipadas e a recuperação da estética e ética da sua existência.
The study attempts to situate the Talmudic theological discussion of repentance-particularly in its Babylonian representations-within the context of Zoroastrian and East Christian traditions. In this ...regard, the study seeks to provide a cultural framework, in light of which the Talmudic theology of repentance can be seen in the broader context of the penitential discourses that pervaded the cultures of East Late Antiquity. The study focuses on two issues in particular, which underscore the congruent theological engagement of the rabbis and their East Christian and Zoroastrian interlocutors in penitential theology: 1) the relative status of the penitent as opposed to the perfectly righteous. 2) The relative roles of psychological repentance and objective measures of penance and expiation in the process.
