Bossy matrons and forced marriages: Talmudic confrontationalism and its philosophical significance

Open Philosophy 3 (1):335-348 (2020)
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This article introduces the confrontational theology of the rabbinic literature of late antiquity by means of a well-known, yet ill-understood legend. It goes on to argue that Talmudic confrontationalism comes coupled with an insistent dialogism that, unlike any other major human undertaking, displays a profound awareness of the indispensable role of external normative critique in the process of changing one’s mind.

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Menachem Fisch
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