"Know what to answer the Epicurean". A diachronic study of the 'Apiqoros in rabbinic literature

This essay traces rabbinic usage and understanding of the term ʾapiqoros from tannaitic literature through the redactional layer of the Babylonian Talmud, showing that sources identified as tannaitic, amoraic, and editorial reflect a sequential, conceptual development in the term's usage. While...

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Main Author: Labendz, Jenny R. 1979- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 2003
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 2003, Volume: 74, Pages: 175-214
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greece (Antiquity) / Philosophy
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Epicurus v341-v270
B Rabbinic literature
B Talmud