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The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah. Volume Three. Semantics: Models of Analysis, Explanation, and Anticipation
The Theological Grammar of the Oral Torah Volume Three Semantics Models of Analysis Explanation and Anticipation Author:Jacob Neusner In this final exercise in appealing to the metaphor of grammar to demonstrate the presence, in the Oral Torah, of system and order, logic about God, I pursue a sequence of questions that yield a continuous answer: what do people everywhere and always know a priori, that is, in this context, prior to formulating any statements they deem to make ... more »sense? And, more to the point, does this a priori system of thought exhibit those traits of cogency and coherence that we discern as logical within the framework of logic that defines our own understanding of matters? I here demonstrate that the documents of Oral Torah appeal to a system of thought that everywhere defines matters and appeals to a self-evident logic of order, proportion, and balance that we can readily comprehend.« less