A Philosophical Session in a Tannaite Academy
Commenting on the verse which reports the devastation of Jerusalem by Nabuzaradan, that ‘he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house,’ the Midrash makes the following remark: — the verb used is teni, which means not on...
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Cambridge University Press
1965
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Traditio
Year: 1965, Volume: 21, Pages: 1-21 |
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| Summary: | Commenting on the verse which reports the devastation of Jerusalem by Nabuzaradan, that ‘he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house,’ the Midrash makes the following remark: — the verb used is teni, which means not only to recite but to study and to teach. To translate shebah by the neutral word ‘praise’, is to miss the real intent of the statement. Shebah in the present sentence, as in a great many others in talmudic-midrashic literature, is clearly δόξα; and one of the traditional commentators on our midrashic passage has already correctly explained it: in Johanan ben Zakkai's academy they were engaged in the Creation and Merkabah (Chariot) speculations. The parallel passage in the Palestinian Talmud bears him out. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900017645 |