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Rabbinic Theology and Israelite Prophecy

Primacy of the Torah, Narrative of the World to Come, Doctrine of Repentance and Atonement, and the Systematization of Theology in the Rabbis' Reading of the Prophets

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Rabbinic Theology and Israelite Prophecy

Primacy of the Torah, Narrative of the World to Come, Doctrine of Repentance and Atonement, and the Systematization of Theology in the Rabbis' Reading of the Prophets

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Rabbinic Judaism affirms the Prophetic heritage and makes it its own. Indeed, the Rabbis of the formative age and canon of Rabbinic Judaism looked to Prophecy along with the Torah and the Writings to define and sustain their system. We may reasonably label the Judaic religious system portrayed in the Rabbinic canon as Prophetic-Rabbinic Judaism, the Judaism that the Rabbis formed in response to the Prophetic imperatives. In this book, the author shows how the Rabbis found in Prophecy a source not of contradiction but of conciliation and doctrinal validation. Rabbi Neusner answers the question, what do we learn about the Rabbinic system from its encounter with the Prophetic books? The four principal building blocks of Rabbinic theology addressed here take up symbolism, eschatology, immanental theology, and theological systematics. The fifth, Halakhah, has been addressed in The Rabbis, the Law, and the Prophets. Here, Rabbi Neusner takes up these matters and shows how the Rabbis found in Prophecy support for their fundamental principles.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 The Primacy of the Torah in the Rabbinic Reading of Prophecy
Chapter 3 The Rabbinic Doctrine of the World to Come in Prophetic Settings
Chapter 4 The Rabbinic Doctrine of Repentance and Atonement in Prophecy
Chapter 5 How the Prophets Validated the Rabbinic Systematization of Theology

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Published Oct 22 2007
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9780761838708
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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