Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 CONFRONTING CONFLICT IN THE MISHNAH; 2 CONFRONTING CONFLICT IN THE LETTERS OF PAUL; 3 CONDUCTING DIALECTICAL ARGUMENT IN THE TALMUD; 4 CONDUCTING DIALECTICAL ARGUMENT IN ORIGEN; 5 ARGUMENTS FROM NATURAL HISTORY IN THE MISHNAH AND IN LEVITICUS RABBAH; 6 ARGUMENTS FROM NATURE; 7 ARGUMENTS FROM SOCIAL HISTORY Paradigmatic thinking in Ruth Rabbah Pesiqta deRab Kahana and Genesis Rabbah; 8 ARGUMENTS FROM SOCIAL HISTORY Paradigmatic thinking in Augustine; Glossary; Notes; Index
Summary
This provocative volume provides a unique and controversial analysis of the genesis and evolution of Judaeo-Christian intellectual thought
