Three. Through Talmud Criticism to the Talmud as Thought and Memory

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part one. Stakes
6. One. What Happens to Thinking? 19
7. Two. Ego Cogito, Ego Meminí: I Think, Therefore I Remember 34
8. Three. Through Talmud Criticism to the Talmud as Thought and Memory 44
9. Part two. Who Speaks?
10. Preamble: The Virtual Author 55
11. Four. Thought and Memory in the Talmud: The Ambiguous Status of “The Author”—and Beyond 59
12. Five. Human Existence in the Talmud: Thinking as Multiplicity and Heterogeneity 78
13. Six. Sense in the Making: Hermeneutical Practices of the Babylonian Talmud 105
14. Part three. Who Thinks?
15. Preamble. The Virtual Subject 129
16. Seven. Who Thinks in the Talmud? 134
17. Eight. The Hand of Augustine: Thought, Memory, and Performative Existence in the Talmud 158
18. Part four. Who Remembers?
19. Nine. What Is the Sophist? Who Is the Rabbi? The Virtual of Thinking 185
20. Ten. The Talmud as Film 212
21. Conclusion 247
22. Appendix: Talmud criticism, ananalytical example “Composer” versus “Redactors”: David Halivni’s and Shamma Friedman’s Competing Readings of Baba Metzi‘a 76ab 257
23. Notes 307
24. Bibliography 357
25. Acknowledgments 369
26. Index 371