Rabbis and Classical Rhetoric: Sophistic Education and Oratory in the Talmud and Midrash

by Richard Hidary

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316628353
• ISBN13: 9781316628355
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"