Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud

by Michal Bar-Asher Siegal

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107195365
• ISBN13: 9781107195363
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"