 | Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories Subjects: Talmud -- Criticism Narrative; Narration in rabbinical literature; Aggada -- History and criticism; Jewish law -- History; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period 10-425.6; Talmudic academies -- Iraq -- Babylonia -- History; Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories creates a new theoretical framework for considering the relationship between law and narrative, models a new method of studying Talmudic law, and fills out the picture of the cultural life of the rabbis who contributed to the Talmud. Barry Scott Wimpfheimer teaches religion and law at Northwestern University. |
