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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Main Author: Reifman, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2020
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2020, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-29
Further subjects:B 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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