Socrates and the Fat Rabbis

Socrates and the Fat Rabbis

by Daniel Boyarin (Author)

Synopsis

What kind of literature is the Talmud? This title suggests that both the Platonic and the Talmudic dialogues are not dialogic at all. It singles out Menippean satire as the most important genre through which to understand both the Talmud and Plato, emphasizing their seriocomic peculiarity.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 15 Jun 2012

ISBN 10: 0226069176
ISBN 13: 9780226069173