Semiotics and the Nature of Rabbinic Legal Discourse
Semiotic theory provides a powerful set of tools for analyzing rabbinic legal reasoning. Following Saussure's distinction between the two axes of a sign's meaning, value and signification, I posit that any casuistic law acquires meaning from two distinct elements of legal discourse. The fi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Penn Press
2020
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The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2020, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-29 |
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Mishnah Shabat
B casuistic law B legal analogy B Semiotics B interpretant B rabbinic law B legal rationale B laws of the Sabbath |
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